THE VIDEO SHELF · software design process
"Design in Practice" by Rich Hickey
Rich Hickey's Clojure Conj 2023 talk on design in practice, covering problem statements, decision matrices, choosing precise words and making decisions in a team.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN draws on it for practical decision-making and problem-framing techniques that apply well beyond Clojure.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ClojureTV
- Topic
- software design process
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2024
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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Rich Hickey has a section on using good words, on not using nicknames, in his (as ever wonderful) Clojure Conj 2023 talk Design in Practice, [VIDEO]
jauntywundrkind on Hacker News · 2024-10
In Holocron is an object storage based leader election libraryA good approach to making decisions in a team context (also works for personal use) is explained by Rich Hickey here: [VIDEO] The talks is called "Design in Practice" but is really about making decisions.
erichocean on Hacker News · 2024-10
In Focus on decisions, not tasks
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