These talks are a little skewed to the game/high performance programming side of the art, but still very interesting in general. Of the ones I've already seen I really like Mike Acton's talk.
Since this has become such a nice thread some additions I'd add:
* Sandi Metz going through the Gilded Rose or "All the small things"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZh5LMaSmE
I already subscribed to her programming style and the general Ruby TDD/BDD movement, but this talk captures all the important values in a single example. I think it made my programming style no longer based on vague things like experience or intuition, but just on concrete merit shown in this talk.
* Matthew Brecknell demonstrating Hole Driven Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52VsgyexS8Q
The programming style demonstrated in this video is a real mind bender. I think most Haskell programmers use a weaker version of this, Matthew takes it to the extreme. I didn't adapt this style, I don't think it's practical, but it's the sort of thing that some person someday will incorporate in some more comfortable way in a new language or platform as a revolutionary feature.
Since this has become such a nice thread some additions I'd add:
* Sandi Metz going through the Gilded Rose or "All the small things"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZh5LMaSmE
I already subscribed to her programming style and the general Ruby TDD/BDD movement, but this talk captures all the important values in a single example. I think it made my programming style no longer based on vague things like experience or intuition, but just on concrete merit shown in this talk.
* Matthew Brecknell demonstrating Hole Driven Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52VsgyexS8Q
The programming style demonstrated in this video is a real mind bender. I think most Haskell programmers use a weaker version of this, Matthew takes it to the extreme. I didn't adapt this style, I don't think it's practical, but it's the sort of thing that some person someday will incorporate in some more comfortable way in a new language or platform as a revolutionary feature.