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## Awesome talks
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There are a lot of screencasts, recordings of user group gatherings and conference talks available online. I try to commit myself watching at least two new talks every week, and I've been doing this for quite some time now. I created this list of online talks that I really enjoyed watching. I'll also be updating this list whenever I've watched another *awesome* talk that is worthy enough. Suggestions are always appreciated through a pull request. So without further ado ..

(In no particular order)

### Categories
  - [Software Development](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#software-development)
  - [Object-Oriented Programming](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#object-oriented-programming)
  - [Functional Programming](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#functional-programming)
  - [Software Design](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#software-design)
  - [Web Development](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#web-development)
  - [Test-Driven Development](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#test-driven-development)
  - [Methodologies](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#methodologies)
  - [Computer History](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#computer-history)
  - [Databases](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#databases)
  - [Security](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#security)
  - [Cognitive Development](https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks#cognitive-development)

#### Software Development

* [The Computer Revolution hasn't happend yet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY) by **Alan Kay** [1:04:34]
* [The Future of Programming](https://vimeo.com/71278954) by **Bret Victor** [32:55]
* [Inventing on Principle](https://vimeo.com/38272912) by **Bret Victor** [54:20]
* [Media for Thinking the Unthinkable](http://worrydream.com/MediaForThinkingTheUnthinkable/) by **Bret Victor** [39:32]
* [Finding a Way Out](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/reimagining-software) by **Chris Granger** [33:46]
* [Programming is terrible - Lessons learned from a life wasted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUYPnxv0yss) by **Thomas Figg** [1:06:43]
* [Computers are a Sadness, I am the Cure](https://vimeo.com/95066828) by **James Mickens** [27:35]
* [Are We There Yet?](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hickey) by **Rich Hickey** [1:10:04]
* [Simple Made Easy](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy) by **Rich Hickey** [1:01:26]
* [The Value of Values](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Value-Values) by **Rich Hickey** [58:53]
* [Effective Programs - 10 Years of Clojure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V1FtfBDsLU) by **Rich Hickey** [1:14:51]
* [The Web We Lost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKMnoTTHJk) by **Anil Dash** [1:10:54]
* [Growing a Language](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0) by **Guy Steele** [53:30]
* [The Mess We're In](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4&list=UU_QIfHvN9auy2CoOdSfMWDw) by **Joe Armstrong** [45:49]
* [To the Moon!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sso4HtvJsw) by **Russ Olsen** [52:43]
* [Simplify Challenging Software Problems with Rocket Science](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1g1YyVO6j8) by **Bradley Grzesiak** [23:07]
* [A short history of Software Engineering, and other ideas that didn't work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnquVcxvAl0) by **Paolo Perrotta** [36:35]
* [Linus Torvalds on Git](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLyobOhtO4) by **Linus Torvalds** [1:10:14]
* [The Worst Programming Language Ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcFBwt1nu2U) by **Mark Rendle** [1:00:40]
* [Unconventional Programming with Chemical Computing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHoYNStQOEc) by **Carin Meier** [36:00]
* [Seven Ineffective Coding Habits of Many Programmers](https://vimeo.com/97329157) by **Kevlin Henney** [01:02:52]
* [5 WTFs in 6 LOCs](https://vimeo.com/181409251) by **Dorothy Wingrove** [05:11]
* [Programming is Writing is Programming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO3a4HIBDU4) by **Felienne Hermans** [55:46]
* [We're Doing It All Wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1lpKBMkgg) by **Paul Phillips** [50:42]
* [Real Software Engineering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhdlBHHimeM) by **Glenn Vanderburg** [1:07:57]
* [Feature Branching Considered Evil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LeD7VevyI) by **Thierry de Pauw** [49:38]
* [Programming’s Greatest Mistakes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_ioJQpv4E) by **Mark Rendle** [55:34]
* [Email vs Capitalism, or, Why We Can't Have Nice Things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGfahzt-4Q) by **Dylan Beattie** [56:45]
* [Preventing the Collapse of Civilization](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko) by **Jonathan Blow** [01:02:41]

#### Object-Oriented Programming

* [Functional is cool, but do you know OO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFYPAel-KY) by **Sandro Mancuso** [54:17]
* [Stop Writing Classes](http://pyvideo.org/video/880/stop-writing-classes) by **Jack Diederich** [27:29]

#### Functional Programming

* [Functional Principles for Object-Oriented Developers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMGY9ViIGNU) by **Jessica Kerr** [51:13]
* [Adventures in Functional Programming](https://vimeo.com/45140590) by **Jim Weirich** [50:34]
* [Functional Programming: What? Why? When?](https://vimeo.com/97514630) by **Robert C. Martin** [58:26]
* [Deconstructing Functional Programming](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/functional-pros-cons) by **Gilad Bracha** [48:33]
* [Living in a Post-Functional World](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/post-functional-scala-clojure-haskell) by **Daniel Spiewak** [45:46]
* [Extreme Cleverness: Functional Data Structures in Scala](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNhBQJN44YQ) by **Daniel Spiewak** [39:24]
* [Tangible Functional Programming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJ8N0giqzw) by **Conal Elliott** [56:24]
* [Faith, Evolution, and Programming Languages](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8frGknO8rIg) by **Phillip Wadler** [1:06:53]
* [Don't fear the Monad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhuHCtR3xq8) by **Dr. Brian Beckman** [1:07:10]
* [Functional Programming Design Patterns](https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/6120-functional-programming-design-patterns-with-scott-wlaschin) by **Scott Wlaschin** [1:49:10]
* [Domain modelling with the F# type system](http://vimeo.com/97507575) by **Scott Wlaschin** [1:03:40]
* [Propositions as Types](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOiZatlZtGU) by **Philip Wadler** [42:42]
* [Category Theory for the Working Hacker](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/category-theory-propositions-principle) by **Philip Wadler** [42:17]
* [Types are like the Weather, Type Systems are like Weathermen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTl7Jn_kmio) by **Matthias Felleisen** [1:15:18]
* [Functional architecture - The pits of success](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8QG9I1XW0) by **Mark Seemann** [1:00:09]
* [To Clojure and back: Writing and rewriting in Ruby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZ0XAc9Wtc) by **Phillip Mendonça-Vieira** [33:16]
* [All I needed for FP I learned in High School Algebra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epT1xgxSpFU) by **Eric Normand** [33:05]
* [Solving Problems The Clojure Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1DazRK_a0) by **Rafal Dittwald** [01:02:25]

#### Software Design

* [Architecture the Lost Years](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpkDN78P884) by **Robert C. Martin** [1:06:38]
* [DDD: putting the model to work](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/model-to-work-evans) by **Eric Evans** [58:48]
* [Unleash Your Domain](https://vimeo.com/19428577) by **Greg Young** [45:20]
* [The Art of Destroying Software](https://vimeo.com/108441214) by **Greg Young** [42:30]
* [8 Lines of Code](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/8-lines-code-refactoring) by **Greg Young** [54:43]
* [Strategic Design](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/strategic-design-evans) by **Eric Evans** [54:40]
* [Reliability, Availability, and Scalability](https://vimeo.com/6222577) by **Udi Dahan** [1:11:09]
* [Implementing Micro Service Architectures](https://vimeo.com/79866979) by **Fred George** [54:40]
* [Immutability Changes Everything](http://vimeo.com/52831373) by **Pat Helland** [45:19]
* [Crafting Wicked Domain Models](https://vimeo.com/43598193) by **Jimmy Bogard** [1:03:03]
* [The Actor Model](http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Hewitt-Meijer-and-Szyperski-The-Actor-Model-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask) by **Hewitt, Meijer and Szyperski** [42:34]
* [How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw) by **Josh Bloch** [1:00:18]
* [The Joys and Pains of a Long Lived Codebase](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Lessons-Learned-Jeremy-Miller) by **Jeremy D Miller** [1:02:30]
* [Microservices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgdBVIX9ifA) by **Martin Fowler** [26.25]
* [Stewardship: The Sobering Parts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5Pv4yN0b0) by **Brian Goetz** [1:03:30]
* [Therapeutic Refactoring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4dlF0kcThQ) by **Katrina Owen** [26:04]
* [Evidence-Oriented Programming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFrE6cgVNY) by **Andreas Stefik** [41:42]
* [The Programming Language Wars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZ-QSLQIB8) by **Andreas Stefik** [50:28]
* [Hopelessness and Confidence in Distributed Systems Design](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlU1opuCXB0) by **Camille Fournier** [40:35]
* [Kill "Microservices" Before Its Too Late](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKEPd2ipEk) by **Chad Fowler** [39:41]
* [The Lost Art Of Software Design](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPSZC3mJRO0) by **Simon Brown** [46:15]
* [Tidy First](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsyvStDuqI) by **Kent Beck** [46:19]

#### Web Development

* [Crockford on JavaScript](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7664379246A246CB) by **Douglas Crockford** [10:14:37]
* [Go To There and Back Again](http://vimeo.com/78893726) by **Douglas Crockford** [49:06]
* [The Better Parts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo36MrBfTk4) by **Douglas Crockford** [01:00:52]
* [Introduction to Node.js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sc73Y-zQA) by **Ryan Dahl** [58:19]
* [WAT](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat) by **Gary Bernhardt** [4:17]
* [The Birth & Death of JavaScript](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript) by **Gary Bernhardt** [29:22]
* [Hey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3svKOdZijA) by **Brian Lonsdorf** [36:30]
* [Community.js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Yxji-tEfc) by **Chris Williams** [21:39]
* [An End to Negativity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rkSdkc5TI) by **Chris Williams** [27:25]
* [Is Node.js Better](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fa1LZYodQ) by **Brian Ford** [41:42]
* [Life is Terrible: Let's Talk About the Web](http://vimeo.com/111122950) by **James Mickens** [32:07]
* [Critical rendering path - Crash course on web performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkOBnYxqj3k) by **Ilya Grigorik** [41:10]
* [10 Things I Learned from the jQuery Source](https://vimeo.com/12529436) by **Paul Irish** [53:40]
* [Om Next](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNs9TG30E8) by **David Nolen** [46:17]
* [ClojureScript for Skeptics ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsffg5xxFQI) by **Derek Slager** [41:08]

#### Test-Driven Development

* [TDD, where did it all go wrong](http://vimeo.com/68375232) by **Ian Cooper** [1:00:37]
* [Holistic testing](http://vimeo.com/68390508) by **Jimmy Bogard** [1:00:33]
* [Boundaries](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries) by **Gary Bernhardt** [33:44]
* [Is TDD Dead?](https://martinfowler.com/articles/is-tdd-dead/) by **Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, and David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)**
* [The Transformation Priority Premise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93QezwTQpI) by **Robert C. Martin** [53:43]
* [TDD in Tatters](https://vimeo.com/97537026) by **Scott Bellware** [01:07:53]
* [Test-Driven Development - Write better code in less time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhwElTL-mdI) by **Evan Dorn** [30:54]
* [The Magic Tricks of Testing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSWYvyc42M) by **Sandi Metz** [32:22]
* [How To Stop Hating Your Tests](https://vimeo.com/145917204) by **Justin Searls** [43:39]
* [Why You Don't Get Mock Objects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9FOchgTtLM) by **Gregory Moeck** [44:42]
* [The Clean Code Talks - Unit Testing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEhu57pih5w) by **Misko Hevery** [32:07]
* [TDD and Software Design](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty3p5VDcoOI) by **JB Rainsberger and Sandro Mancuso** [01:28:50]
* [Integrated Tests Are a Scam](https://vimeo.com/80533536) by **JB Rainsberger** [01:04:35]
* [Structure and Interpretation of Test Cases](https://vimeo.com/289852238) by **Kevlin Henney** [01:04:23]
* [Does TDD Really Lead to Good Design?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFVA4Spcgg) by **Sandro Mancuso** [57:59]
* [TDD For Those Who Don't Need It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oP24CSdUg) by **Chew Choon Keat** [13:42]

#### Methodologies

* [The Land that Scrum Forgot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG4LH6P8Syk) by **Robert C. Martin** [45:41]
* [Demanding Professionalism in Software Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0O1VVqRSK0) by **Robert C. Martin** [45:03]
* [Spotify Engineering Culture - Part 1](https://vimeo.com/85490944) by **Spotify Training & Development** [13:12]
* [Spotify Engineering Culture - Part 2](http://vimeo.com/94950270) by **Spotify Training & Development** [13:27]
* [Adopting Continuous Delivery](http://vimeo.com/68320415) by **Jez Humble** [47:22]
* [The Death of Agile](http://www.thoughtworks.com/talks/the-death-of-agile) by **Dave Thomas** [47:47]
* [Why Agile Works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSiBlLafNY) by **Alistair Cockburn** [53:03]
* [Implementing Programmer Anarchy](https://vimeo.com/79866978) by **Fred George** [54:55]
* [Moving Past the Scaling Myth](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/scalability-variant-structuring#) by **Michael Feathers** [52:02]
* [It Is Not About Software Anymore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8iIRG9LA54) by **Mary Poppendieck** [01:06:38]
* [7 minutes, 26 seconds, and the Fundamental Theorem of Agile Software Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSes_PexXcA) by **JB Rainsberger** [00:07:42]
* [Explaining Team Flow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhpQKA9XYcE) by **Michel Grootjans** [14:30]

#### Computer History

* [A Brief History of Graphics](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOQZmjD6P2HlOoEVKOPaCFvLnjP865X1f) by **Stuart Brown** [46:00]
* [The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY45YE7ggng) by **Brian Troutwine** [48:36]
* [The History (and the Future) of Software](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdI7Ukf-Bf4) by **Grady Booch** [01:09:27]
* [The Future of Programming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc) by **Robert C. Martin** [01:18:20]
* [1968](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjgvffBlWAg) by **Kevlin Henney** [56:44]
* [DOOM’s Development: A Year of Madness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBU34NZhW7I) by **John Romero** [44:12]

#### Databases

* [Deconstructing the Database](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cym4TZwTCNU) by **Rich Hickey** [1:06:23]
* [Things Every Developer Absolutely, Positively Needs To Know About Database Indexing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubezKbFL7E) by **Kai Sassnowski** [41:49]

#### Security

* [Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGX7odA87k) by **James Mickens** [51:21]

#### Testing

* [Acceptance Testing For Continuous Delivery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Y454DTRtg) by **Dave Farley** [01:02:34]

#### Cognitive Development

* [A Lecture on Creativity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g) by **John Cleese** [36:59]
* [The Meaning of Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzcCWEb-tyk) by **Derek Sivers** [18:54]
* [Becoming an Outlier: Career Reboot for the Developer Mind](https://vimeo.com/97415346) by **Cory House** [59:12]
* [Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zc4DSTRGeM) by **Brandon Hays** [35:26]
* [Stop Treading Water - Learning to Learn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KcCU-p8QA) by **Edward Kmett** [40:58]
* [The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo) by **Randy Pausch** [1:16:26]
* [Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc) by **Steve Jobs** [15:04]
* [Hammock Driven Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc) by **Rich Hickey** [39:48]
* [Drive - The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc) by **RSA Animate** [10:47]
* [Ideology](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/ideology) by **Gary Bernhardt** [21:22]

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