RailsConf 2014 - Keynote: Writing Software by David Heinemeier Hansson

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it in discussions of programming as a creative craft and of how to write clear software.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Confreaks

Topic

programming as writing

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2021

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From the original HN conversations

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• Many people might have already seen it, but I thought it'd make sense to mention DHH's talk at RailsConf either way. In his talk, he is coining the term "software writer", which goes one step further and motivates a style of programming which prioritizes clarity …

• I don't really see how this would be much more different from language to language. The being 'sick of' part, not so much the specific irritations. Every languages has its issues and from all the languages I have tried I have found Ruby to be …

• I really like this[1] talk from DHH on the subject, where he talks about the misconception of many programmers that we are doing science rather than something creative. While laced with hyperbolic statements it is at the very least thought provoking on some of the …