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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 10 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Please, see the video. It is an awesome informative”

    Informative on the maturity of the software industry

    kartan, 2017-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Tech workers worry about age discrimination at age 40: Study”

  2. “Anyway he's a great speaker and this is one of my favorites.”

    Great talk illustrating computing history and industry discipline

    rb808, 2018-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Computer science as a lost art (2015)”

  3. “It's a fascinating introduction to the evolution of hardware and programming languages.”

    Excellent intro to evolution of hardware and programming languages

    neovive, 2019-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Say it's 1962, you're lucky enough to be a programmer working with an IBM 7090”

  4. “the whole talk is worth watching”

    Talk on software professionalism and serving users

    ghoward, 2022-07 · Strong recommendation · in “What’s the end goal for you programmers?”

  5. “This is a newer and also really good talk about programming languages and their future”

    Good talk on programming languages and their future

    algold, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?”

  6. “Uncle Bob recently has shared some good food for thought in this area.”

    Food for thought on professional standards and regulation

    EdSharkey, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “My Response to “Are we overcomplicating software development?””

  7. “Uncle Bob Martin - "future of programming”

    One of several favorite tech talks listed

    geksilla, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”

  8. “Also a relevant talk by Uncle Bob”

    Relevant talk on sloppy engineering

    fogetti, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “How the Boeing 737 Max disaster looks to a software Developer”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: software history, professionalism, agile, regulation, programming languages

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