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Best Software architecture & design videos, as recommended on Hacker News

164 videos about software architecture & design that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2009 and 2026. Mostly talk, lecture, commentary. Channels that come up most: ClojureTV, Confreaks, Strange Loop Conference, GOTO Conferences. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is RailsConf 2014 - All the Little Things by Sandi Metz: HN treats it as a top-tier programming talk for learning refactoring and for the wrong-abstraction principle, recommended repeatedly over a decade.

• talkRailsConf 2014 - All the Little Things by Sandi MetzConfreaks · 15 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• talk"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)Strange Loop Conference · 14 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• talk"Making Impossible States Impossible" by Richard Feldmanelm-conf · 9 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• talkHow To Design A Good API and Why it MattersGoogle TechTalks · 12 HN recommenders · 2011–2025
• talkThe Value of Values with Rich HickeyInfoQ · 10 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• talkOverwatch Gameplay Architecture and NetcodeGDC Festival of Gaming · 16 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkSolving Problems the Clojure Way - Rafal DittwaldClojure/north · 10 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• lectureLecture 1A: Overview and Introduction to LispMIT OpenCourseWare · 10 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• talkAlan Kay - Normal Considered Harmfulpowerfuloutlet · 10 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• talkA Philosophy of Software Design | John Ousterhout | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 11 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• talk"Uncle" Bob Martin - "The Future of Programming"Paul Stringer's Mobile Tech · 10 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkEffective Programs - 10 Years of Clojure - Rich HickeyClojureTV · 10 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• talkBrian Goetz - Stewardship: the Sobering PartsClojureTV · 10 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkRuby Midwest 2011 - Keynote: Architecture the Lost Years by Robert MartinConfreaks · 10 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
• talkRustConf 2018 - Closing Keynote - Using Rust For Game Development by Catherine WestRust Programming Language · 9 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkHammock Driven Development - Rich HickeyClojureTV · 12 HN recommenders · 2014–2024
• talkJonathan Blow - How to program independent games - CSUA SpeechAlexandre Franco · 9 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkRuby Conf 12 - Boundaries by Gary BernhardtConfreaks · 8 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• lectureThe Only Unbreakable LawMolly Rocket · 12 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• talkSpec-ulation Keynote - Rich HickeyClojureTV · 10 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talkCppCon 2014: Mike Acton "Data-Oriented Design and C++"CppCon · 9 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkHow I program CEskil Steenberg · 8 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• commentaryObject-Oriented Programming is BadBrian Will · 13 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkThe Language of the System - Rich HickeyClojureTV · 10 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• talkStop Writing ClassesNext Day Video · 8 HN recommenders · 2012–2025
• talkPete Hunt: React: Rethinking best practices -- JSConf EUJSConf · 9 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkBottom Up vs Top Down Design in Clojure - Mark BastianClojureTV · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• talk"The Mess We're In" by Joe ArmstrongStrange Loop Conference · 10 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkJonathan Blow - Preventing the Collapse of Civilization (English only)bus · 11 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talkRails Conf 2012 Keynote: Simplicity Matters by Rich HickeyConfreaks · 8 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkCasey Muratori – The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-five-year Mistake – BSC 2025Better Software Conference · 11 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• lectureClean Code - Uncle Bob / Lesson 1UnityCoin · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkAlan Kay, 2015: Power of SimplicityKenneth Friedman · 6 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• talkDomain Modeling Made Functional - Scott WlaschinNDC Conferences · 6 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• explainerUnix and GoogleFOAM · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkJames Powell: So you want to be a Python expert? | PyData Seattle 2017PyData · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkCasey Muratori | Smart-Pointers, RAII, ZII? Becoming an N+2 programmerxDahl · 6 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• talkGtk to Qt - a strange journey [linux.conf.au 2014]Konstantin Bläsi · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2024
• talkFunctional architecture - The pits of success - Mark SeemannNDC Conferences · 5 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• interviewJoe Armstrong & Alan Kay - Joe Armstrong interviews Alan KayErlang Solutions · 6 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• talkIntroduction to NoSQL • Martin Fowler • GOTO 2012GOTO Conferences · 6 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
• talkCppCon 2017: Titus Winters “C++ as a "Live at Head" Language”CppCon · 7 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• talk"Transducers" by Rich HickeyStrange Loop Conference · 6 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkThe Clean Architecture in PythonNext Day Video · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• talkRich Hickey rants about HttpServletRequest in 1080p: Death By Specificity from Clojure Made SimpleFred Overflow · 5 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkDjangoCon 2008 Keynote: Cal HendersonGoogle for Developers · 6 HN recommenders · 2009–2026
• talkThe Unreasonable Effectiveness of Multiple Dispatch | Stefan Karpinski | JuliaCon 2019The Julia Programming Language · 9 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkTigerStyle! (Or How To Design Safer Systems in Less Time) by Joran Dirk GreefTigerBeetle · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkPete Hunt: React - Rethinking Best Practices (updated) - JSConf.Asia 2013JSConf · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2024
• talkInteractive notebooks ~ Pluto.jl | Fons van der Plas | JuliaCon 2020The Julia Programming Language · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
• commentaryObject-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short ExamplesBrian Will · 6 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkSimplicity Ain't Easy - Stuart HallowayClojureTV · 5 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• talkClojure Concurrency - Rich HickeyClojureTV · 5 HN recommenders · 2013–2023
• talkFounder School Session: The Future Doesn't Have to Be IncrementalDEMO · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
• talkAlan Kay at OOPSLA 1997 - The computer revolution hasnt happened yetJeff Gonis · 6 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• talkLeslie Lamport: Thinking Above the CodeMicrosoft Research · 5 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkChristopher Alexander - Patterns in ArchitecturePeter Petrash · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• talkConstraints Liberate, Liberties Constrain — Runar BjarnasonScala World · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkAre We There Yet - Rich HickeyZhang Jian · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkRails Conf 2013 The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi MetzConfreaks · 5 HN recommenders · 2013–2019
• talkAlan Kay - Programming and ScalingColin McDonnell · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• talkCheng Lou - On the Spectrum of Abstraction at react-europe 2016ReactEurope · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkHacker Way: Rethinking Web App Development at FacebookMeta Developers · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2024
• talkBuilding a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015Paul Irish · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkRaymond Hettinger, Keynote on Concurrency, PyBay 2017SF Python · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talk"Finding bugs without running or even looking at code" by Jay ParlarStrange Loop Conference · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talkAndrew Kelley: A Practical Guide to Applying Data Oriented Design (DoD)ChimiChanga · 4 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• talkGreg Young - CQRS and Event Sourcing - Code on the Beach 2014Code on the Beach · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkStuart Halloway - Narcissistic DesignReaktor · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• talkElm Europe 2017 - Evan Czaplicki - The life of a fileElm Europe · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• lectureImmediate-Mode Graphical User Interfaces - 2005Casey Muratori · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• commentary"Clean" Code, Horrible PerformanceMolly Rocket · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• talkDesign Patterns vs Anti pattern in APL by Aaron W Hsu at FnConf17ConfEngine · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• talkDomain Modeling Made Functional - Scott Wlaschin - KanDDDinsky 2019KanDDDinsky · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkOld Is the New New • Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2018GOTO Conferences · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
• talkRich Hickey: Deconstructing the DatabaseInfoQ · 4 HN recommenders · 2012–2020
• talk10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EUJSConf · 6 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• talkThe Functional Programmer's Toolkit - Scott WlaschinNDC Conferences · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• talkConcurrency is not Parallelism by Rob Pikegnbitcom · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• explainerDebt MetaphorWard Cunningham · 3 HN recommenders · 2009–2023
• talkRon Pressler - Pull Push: Please stop polluting our imperative languages with pure concepts-Curry OnCurry On! · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkOm Next - David NolenClojureTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2015
• talkRailsConf 2015 - Nothing is SomethingConfreaks · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talk"Data Driven UIs, Incrementally" by Yaron MinskyStrange Loop Conference · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• talkJ B Rainsberger Integrated Tests Are A Scam HDChristopher Cabanne · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talk"Agile Methods The Good, the Hype and the Ugly," Bertrand MeyerAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talkKeynote - JSON Graph: Reactive REST at NetflixAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
• talk"Stop Rate Limiting! Capacity Management Done Right" by Jon MooreStrange Loop Conference · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkCppCon 2015: Sean Parent "Better Code: Data Structures"CppCon · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• talkDan Abramov The wet codebaseeswarnichtsmehrfrei · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• interviewAlan Kay : July 2007 : A Conversation with CMU Faculty & StudentsCMU Robotics Institute · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkNordic.js 2014 • Douglas Crockford - The Better PartsNordic.js · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• talkProgramming is terrible—Lessons learned from a life wasted. EMF2012tef ebooks · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• talkMountainWest RubyConf 2014 - But Really, You Should Learn SmalltalkConfreaks · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talkProcedural Programming: It Never Went Away — Kevlin Henney | Build StuffBuild Stuff - #1 Software Dev Conf · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• talkC++ Seasoningaghuttun · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• talkGoogle Developers Day US - Python Design PatternsGoogleDeveloperDay · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2020
• talk"The Clean Code Talks -- Inheritance, Polymorphism, & Testing"Google TechTalks · 3 HN recommenders · 2009–2023
• talkBob Nystrom - Is There More to Game Architecture than ECS?Roguelike Celebration · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkLichess founder Thibault Duplessis lectures on Lichess (2017)Lichess · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• talkModern C and What We Can Learn From It - Luca Sas [ ACCU 2021 ]ACCU Conference · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• talkSoftware Art Thou: Glenn Vanderburg - Real Software EngineeringZendesk · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• demoNeXT vs Sunhoffman60613 · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkWhy Google Stores Billions of Lines of Code in a Single Repository@Scale · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkWhat I Wish I Had Known Before Scaling Uber to 1000 Services • Matt Ranney • GOTO 2016GOTO Conferences · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• talkKeynote: What is a Component (and Why)? - Luke Wagner, Distinguished Engineer, FastlyThe Linux Foundation · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• talkVisualising software architecture with the C4 model - Simon Brown, Agile on the Beach 2019Agile on the Beach · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• talkCppCon 2018: Stoyan Nikolov “OOP Is Dead, Long Live Data-oriented Design”CppCon · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• talkData Oriented GUI in Rust by Raph Levien - Bay Area Rust MeetupRust Programming Language · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
• talkRethinking CS Education | Alan Kay, CrossRoads 2015Infosys Foundation USA · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkRobert C Martin - Clean Architecture and Designgnbitcom · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talk"Uncle" Bob MartinProgram on Entrepreneurship · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• lectureObject-Oriented Programming is Garbage: 3800 SLOC exampleBrian Will · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkDesign Microservice Architectures the Right WayInfoQ · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• musicYou Give REST a Bad NameDylan Beattie · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkNathaniel J. Smith - Trio: Async concurrency for mere mortals - PyCon 2018PyCon 2018 · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkGlenn Vanderburg of LivingSocial on why software development is an engineering disciplineO'Reilly · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
• talkStuart Sierra - Components Just Enough StructureClojureTV · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2015
• talkYehuda Katz - Why Rails is Hard (Railsberry 2012)applicake · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2014
• talkSebastian Markbage: Minimal API Surface Area | JSConf EU 2014JSConf · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkA Possible Future of Software DevelopmentGoogle TechTalks · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2019
• documentaryGraphQL: The DocumentaryCultRepo · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkCory Benfield - Building Protocol Libraries The Right Way - PyCon 2016PyCon 2016 · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talkUnconditional Code • Michael Feathers • GOTO 2018GOTO Conferences · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• explainerWhy Web Filters Don't Work: Penistone and the Scunthorpe ProblemTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• talkElm Europe 2017 - Richard Feldman - Scaling Elm AppsElm Europe · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• commentaryHandmade Hero | Getting rid of the OOP mindsetvexe · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkThe Maximal Graph - Wilker SilvaClojureTV · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
• talkCppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part II"CppCon · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkKeynote: Flutter (Dart Developer Summit 2016)Google for Developers · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
• talkMountain West Ruby 2012 Capability vs. Suitability by Gary BernhardtConfreaks · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
• lectureSeminar with Alan Kay on Object Oriented Programming (VPRI 0246)Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹) · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• talkThe Forgotten Art of Structured Programming - Kevlin Henney [C++ on Sea 2019]cpponsea · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• talk"Agility & Robustness: Clojure spec" by Stuart HallowayStrange Loop Conference · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• talkScaling the Linear Sync EngineLinear · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkReact Helsinki February 2020Fraktio · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• talkThree Beautiful QuicksortsGoogle TechTalks · 2 HN recommenders · 2010–2023
• talkAvoiding Microservice Megadisasters - Jimmy BogardNDC Conferences · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkNicholas Zakas: Scalable JavaScript Application ArchitectureYUI Library · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2015
• talk"Write a single library to handle all input devices, it'll be easy" they said...linux.conf.au · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• talkGopherfest 2015 | Go Proverbs with Rob PikeThe Go Programming Language · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2026
• demoData-Oriented Demo: SOA, compositionJonathan Blow · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2020
• talkThe Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet OOPSLA 97 Keynote (VPRI 0719)Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹) · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2026
• talkYour web app but good: Aaron Boodman (Local-First Conf)Local-First Conf · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
• talkIs TDD dead?Thoughtworks · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2022
• talkBuilding Software at Google Scale Tech TalkGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2014
• lectureWhere Does Bad Code Come From?Molly Rocket · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• talkEvent Sourcing • Greg Young • GOTO 2014GOTO Conferences · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2026
• talkGoRuCo 2012 Hexagonal Rails by Matt WynneConfreaks · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2014
• talkScalability at YouTubeNext Day Video · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2024
• talk[JSConfUS 2013] Tom Occhino and Jordan Walke: JS Apps at FacebookJSConf · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2024
• talkCategory Theory, The essence of interface-based design - Erik MeijerFooCafe · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2022
• talkGreg Young — A Decade of DDD, CQRS, Event SourcingDomain-Driven Design Europe · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2026
• talkThe past, present, and future of local-first - Martin Kleppmann (Local-First Conf)Local-First Conf · 1 HN recommender · 2025–2025
• talkTudor Gîrba - Moldable developmentCurry On! · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024
• talkThe Many Meanings of Event-Driven Architecture • Martin Fowler • GOTO 2017GOTO Conferences · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2022
• talkIRDC US 2015 - Brian Bucklew, Data-Driven Engines of Qud and SproggiwoodLogo “ND” Surströmming · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024
• talk"Design in Practice" by Rich HickeyClojureTV · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• talkJames Gosling - Simula: a personal journeyUiO Realfagsbiblioteket · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2026
• talkPrioritizing Technical Debt as if Time & Money Matters • Adam Tornhill • GOTO 2019GOTO Conferences · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
• talkThe Principles of Clean Architecture by Uncle Bob MartinNorfolkDevelopers · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2021
• interviewHandmadeCon 2015 - Mike ActonMolly Rocket · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• talkOctober CincyRb - Jim Weirich on Decoupling from RailsLaunch Scout · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2017
• talkCoroutines and Loom behind the scenes by Roman ElizarovKotlin by JetBrains · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2023