"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)
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Rich Hickey's Strange Loop 2011 keynote separates 'simple' (not intertwined) from 'easy' (familiar or near at hand) and argues that software complexity comes from complecting things. It offers a vocabulary for judging designs and abstractions.
Why HN recommends it: It is one of HN's most frequently recommended programming talks, cited whenever people debate complexity, simplicity and abstraction, and valued well beyond Clojure.
“I highly recommend Rich Hickey's "Simple Made Easy" talk as a way to think about software complexity.” Read on HN ↗