THE VIDEO SHELF · software design complexity
"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)
Rich Hickey's Strange Loop 2011 keynote distinguishing 'simple' (not intertwined) from 'easy' (familiar or near at hand). It argues that software complexity comes from complecting things and that we should pick simple constructs.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN treats it as the canonical talk on software complexity, shared constantly and recommended to every programmer regardless of language.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Strange Loop Conference
- Topic
- software design complexity
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 14
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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As developers, I've come to believe that complexity is the worst sin we commit. Everything we talk about can be traced back to this issue. This is largely due to paying attention to Rich Hickey and learning Clojure. [VIDEO]
idunnoman on Hacker News · 2022-05
In Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits"Simple made easy" [0] by Rich Hickey is a must-watch (even if you never touch Clojure) [0] [VIDEO]
tincholio on Hacker News · 2022-12
In Most(LY Dead) Influential Programming Languages (2020)loved the take and re-enforcement of a talk I’ve loved forever by Rich Hickey (famous for being integral to the creation of Clojure among other things) called “Simple Made Easy” [VIDEO] Anyone know of any books that dive deeper into the subject?
alanwreath on Hacker News · 2023-12
In Simplicity
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