Simple Made Easy
The Clojure creator on simplicity vs. ease in software.
Hammock Driven Development
On the importance of thinking before coding.
Growing a Language
A brilliant talk using only one-syllable words.
The Art of Code
Code as art, from quines to esoteric languages.
wat
A hilarious lightning talk on JavaScript and Ruby quirks.
The Birth and Death of JavaScript
A satirical history of JavaScript from the future.
Boundaries
Functional core, imperative shell architecture.
The Mess We're In
Erlang creator on the state of software complexity.
Are We There Yet?
Rethinking time, state, and identity in programming.
Programming and Scaling
The Smalltalk creator on the future of computing.
Free is a Lie
The true cost of free software and surveillance capitalism.
How to Design a Good API
Timeless principles of API design from the Java architect.
Concurrency Is Not Parallelism
Go creator explains the crucial difference.
The Value of Values
Why immutable values matter in programming.
Turning the Database Inside Out
Rethinking data architecture with event sourcing.
The Language of the System
On building systems that communicate effectively.
The Art of Computer Programming
Knuth on the art of computer programming.
Go To Statement Considered Harmful
Dijkstra's famous letter on the harm of goto statements.
The Humble Programmer
Dijkstra on the humble programmer.
No Silver Bullet
No Silver Bullet: essence and accident in software engineering.
Reflections on Trusting Trust
Thompson's Turing Award lecture on trusting trust.
The Development of the C Language
The history and development of the C programming language.
The Mind Behind Linux
Torvalds on the creation and philosophy of Linux.
Free Software, Free Society
Stallman on free software and user freedom.
The Three Virtues of a Programmer
Perl creator on the three virtues of a programmer.
The Story of Python
Python creator on the history and design of Python.
The Design of C++
C++ creator on the design and evolution of C++.
John Carmack on Programming
Carmack on programming, game development, and optimization.
Refactoring
Fowler on refactoring and improving code design.
Clean Code
Uncle Bob on clean code principles.
Test Driven Development
Beck on test-driven development.
Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events
Lamport on distributed systems and time.
The Liskov Substitution Principle
Liskov on abstraction and the substitution principle.
Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake
Hoare on his billion-dollar mistake: null references.
Escape from the Ivory Tower
Haskell designer on functional programming.
Propositions as Types
Wadler on propositions as types.
A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture
Patterson on RISC architecture and computer design.
Hints for Computer System Design
Lampson's hints for computer system design.
Transaction Processing
Gray on transaction processing and databases.
Building Software Systems at Google
Dean on building large-scale distributed systems at Google.
Eventually Consistent
Amazon CTO on building scalable systems.
Data-Oriented Design and C++
Acton on data-oriented design.
The Thirty Million Line Problem
Muratori on the decline of software quality.