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    The Art of Code - Dylan Beattie

    NDC Conferences

    6 HN recommenders · recommended in 8 months, 2020–2024

    YouTube

    1:00:49 · 4.9M views · Feb 26, 2020

    Dylan Beattie's NDC London talk on code written for art, fun and curiosity rather than utility. It includes quines, live music programming with Sonic Pi, and a memorable closing.

    HN regularly names it among the best programming talks ever, praising the storytelling, the demos and the ending.

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    8 comments from Hacker News

    1. @akritrimeDec 2020· in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?”

      For me, it was Art of Code by Dylan Beattie, but mostly because that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen. Also, introduced to me a side of programming that I instinctively knew existed but never sought out. [0]: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @hans0l074May 2020· in “Quines: self-replicating programs (2005)”

      I watched this video recently: this video - and it's one of the best programming related ones I've seen in recent times. Really well presented as well - and he talks about various Quines - I won't spoil it for anyone.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @david_allisonMar 2022· in “Overtone is live programmable music and visualization”

      One of my favourite talks has a demonstration of FizzBuzz in Sonic Pi. It still blows me away this video - whole talk is worth a watch this video - timestamp

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    4. @doodpantsMay 2022· in “An uroboros program with 100 programming languages”

      This quine is discussed (among other topics) in The Art of Code[0], one of the most captivating tech talks I've ever seen. [0] this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    5. @WaffleIronMakerJul 2023· in “Unicode is harder than you think”

      I also really enjoy Dylan Beattie's work. For those with some spare time, who might like to see a true "rockstar" programmer, you may like "The Art of Code"[0]. [0] this video

      RecommendsView on HN