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"Uncle" Bob Martin - "The Future of Programming"

Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) traces the history of software from 1948 to today, looking at the problems programmers faced, how they were solved, and what mistakes the profession made. He then projects where the field is going, including professionalism and regulation.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an engaging overview of programming history and an argument for professional standards, citing the agile manifesto section and the claim that software has advanced little since the 1950s.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Paul Stringer's Mobile Tech
Topic
history of programming
Format
talk
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
10
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2022

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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  • For an informed answer you can see: "Uncle" Bob Martin - "The Future of Programming" [VIDEO] Please, see the video. It is an awesome informative and it will give you a lot of insight on our current situation. It is not about startups, but about …

    kartan on Hacker News · 2017-10
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  • Bob Martin has a great talk [VIDEO] , which illustrates a lot of history of computers. He asserts that the number of devs is doubling every 5 years which means that half the developers have < 5 years experience. The industry has lots much of …

    rb808 on Hacker News · 2018-07
    In Computer science as a lost art (2015)

  • For those interested in the history of computer programming, "Uncle" Bob Martin gave an excellent talk in 2016 called "The Future of Programming", starting with Alan Turing in 1936. It's a fascinating introduction to the evolution of hardware and programming languages. I was particularly amazed …

    neovive on Hacker News · 2019-12
    In Say it's 1962, you're lucky enough to be a programmer working with an IBM 7090

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