FunctionalTV: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Scale By The Bay 2018: Bryan Cantrill, Rust and Other Interesting Things", cited again and again as the framework for discussing languages in terms of values, and how organizational values shape software quality.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2021–2024talkCited again and again as the framework for discussing languages in terms of values, and how organizational values shape software quality.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2018–2021talkHN commenters point to it as a candid, contrarian view of self-driving approaches and the real limits of the business.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2023talkHN recommends it as a history and analysis of the end of scaling from a well-regarded systems speaker, and lists it among the best talks of 2019.
Questions
Which FunctionalTV video does Hacker News recommend most?
Scale By The Bay 2018: Bryan Cantrill, Rust and Other Interesting Things: recommended in 5 different months by 5 HN users between 2021 and 2024.
Is this every FunctionalTV video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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