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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 (#software-development)
  - Object-Oriented Programming (#object-oriented-programming)
  - Functional Programming (#functional-programming)
  - Software Design (#software-design)
  - Web Development (#web-development)
  - Test-Driven Development (#test-driven-development)
  - Methodologies (#methodologies)
  - Computer History (#computer-history)
  - Databases (#databases)
  - Security (#security)
  - Cognitive Development (#cognitive-development)

Software Development

⟡ The Computer Revolution hasn't happend yet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY) by Alan Kay (OOPSLA 1997) 1:04:34 
⟡ The Future of Programming (https://vimeo.com/71278954) by Bret Victor (Dropbox's DBX conference 2013) 32:55 
⟡ Inventing on Principle (https://vimeo.com/38272912) by Bret Victor (CUSEC 2012) 54:20 
⟡ Media for Thinking the Unthinkable (http://worrydream.com/MediaForThinkingTheUnthinkable/) by Bret Victor (MIT Media Lab 2013) 39:32 
⟡ Finding a Way Out (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/reimagining-software) by Chris Granger (Strange Loop 2013) 33:46 
⟡ Programming is terrible - Lessons learned from a life wasted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUYPnxv0yss) by Thomas Figg (EMF 2012) 1:06:43 
⟡ Computers are a Sadness, I am the Cure (https://vimeo.com/95066828) by James Mickens (Monitorama PDX 2014) 27:35 
⟡ Are We There Yet? (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hickey) by Rich Hickey (JVM Languages Summit 2009) 1:10:04 
⟡ Simple Made Easy (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy) by Rich Hickey (Strange Loop 2011) 1:01:26 
⟡ The Value of Values (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Value-Values) by Rich Hickey (GOTO Copenhagen 2012) 58:53 
⟡ Effective Programs - 10 Years of Clojure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V1FtfBDsLU) by Rich Hickey (Clojure/Conj 2017) 1:14:51 
⟡ The Web We Lost (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKMnoTTHJk) by Anil Dash (Berkman Klein Center 2013) 1:10:54 
⟡ Growing a Language (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0) by Guy Steele (ACM OOPSLA 1998) 53:30 
⟡ The Mess We're In (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4&list=UU_QIfHvN9auy2CoOdSfMWDw) by Joe Armstrong (Strange Loop 2014) 45:49 
⟡ To the Moon! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sso4HtvJsw) by Russ Olsen (Clojure/Conj 2013) 52:43 
⟡ Simplify Challenging Software Problems with Rocket Science (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1g1YyVO6j8) by Bradley Grzesiak (Rocky Mountain Ruby 2015) 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 (Barcelona Ruby Conference 2020) 36:35 
⟡ Linus Torvalds on Git (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLyobOhtO4) by Linus Torvalds (Google 2007) 1:10:14 
⟡ The Worst Programming Language Ever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcFBwt1nu2U) by Mark Rendle (NDC Oslo 2021) 1:00:40 
⟡ Unconventional Programming with Chemical Computing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHoYNStQOEc) by Carin Meier (Strange Loop 2015) 36:00 
⟡ Seven Ineffective Coding Habits of Many Programmers (https://vimeo.com/97329157) by Kevlin Henney (NDC 2014) 01:02:52 
⟡ 5 WTFs in 6 LOCs (https://brightonruby.com/2016/five-wtfs-in-six-lines-of-code-dot-wingrove/) by Dorothy Wingrove (Brighton Ruby 2016) 05:11 
⟡ Programming is Writing is Programming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO3a4HIBDU4) by Felienne Hermans (NDC Oslo 2017) 55:46 
⟡ We're Doing It All Wrong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1lpKBMkgg) by Paul Phillips (Pacific Northwest Scala 2013) 50:42 
⟡ Real Software Engineering (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhdlBHHimeM) by Glenn Vanderburg (Software Art Thou 2018) 1:07:57 
⟡ Feature Branching Considered Evil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LeD7VevyI) by Thierry de Pauw (DevTernity 2019) 49:38 
⟡ Programming’s Greatest Mistakes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_ioJQpv4E) by Mark Rendle (NDC Copenhagen 2022) 55:34 
⟡ Email vs Capitalism: A Story About Why We Can't Have Nice Things (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mJCPpvu1I) by Dylan Beattie (Joy Of Coding 2023) 54:49 
⟡ Preventing the Collapse of Civilization (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko) by Jonathan Blow (DevGAMM 2019) 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 (Devoxx UK 2013) 54:17 
⟡ Stop Writing Classes (http://pyvideo.org/video/880/stop-writing-classes) by Jack Diederich (PyCon US 2012) 27:29 

Functional Programming

⟡ Functional Principles for Object-Oriented Developers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMGY9ViIGNU) by Jessica Kerr (JDD Conference 2013) 51:13 
⟡ Adventures in Functional Programming (https://vimeo.com/45140590) by Jim Weirich (ScotlandJS 2012) 50:34 
⟡ Functional Programming: What? Why? When? (https://vimeo.com/97514630) by Robert C. Martin (NDC 2014) 58:26 
⟡ Deconstructing Functional Programming (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/functional-pros-cons) by Gilad Bracha (QCon 2013) 48:33 
⟡ Living in a Post-Functional World (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/post-functional-scala-clojure-haskell) by Daniel Spiewak (Lambda Jam 2013) 45:46 
⟡ Extreme Cleverness: Functional Data Structures in Scala (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNhBQJN44YQ) by Daniel Spiewak (Clojure/Conj 2013) 39:24 
⟡ Tangible Functional Programming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJ8N0giqzw) by Conal Elliott (Google TechTalks 2007) 56:24 
⟡ Faith, Evolution, and Programming Languages (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8frGknO8rIg) by Phillip Wadler (Google TechTalks 2007) 1:06:53 
⟡ Don't fear the Monad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhuHCtR3xq8) by Dr. Brian Beckman (Channel 9 2012) 1:07:10 
⟡ Functional Programming Design Patterns (https://vimeo.com/113588389) by Scott Wlaschin (NDC London 2014) 1:49:10 
⟡ Domain modelling with the F# type system (http://vimeo.com/97507575) by Scott Wlaschin (NDC 2014) 1:03:40 
⟡ Propositions as Types (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOiZatlZtGU) by Philip Wadler (Strange Loop 2015) 42:42 
⟡ Category Theory for the Working Hacker (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/category-theory-propositions-principle) by Philip Wadler (Joy of Code 2016) 42:17 
⟡ Types are like the Weather, Type Systems are like Weathermen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTl7Jn_kmio) by Matthias Felleisen (Clojure/West 2016) 1:15:18 
⟡ Functional architecture - The pits of success (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8QG9I1XW0) by Mark Seemann (NDC Sydney 2016) 1:00:09 
⟡ To Clojure and back: Writing and rewriting in Ruby (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZ0XAc9Wtc) by Phillip Mendonça-Vieira (RubyConf 2016) 33:16 
⟡ All I needed for FP I learned in High School Algebra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epT1xgxSpFU) by Eric Normand (Clojure/Conj 2017) 33:05 
⟡ Solving Problems The Clojure Way (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1DazRK_a0) by Rafal Dittwald (Clojure/North 2019)  01:02:25 

Software Design

⟡ Architecture the Lost Years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpkDN78P884) by Robert C. Martin (Ruby Midwest 2011) 1:06:38 
⟡ DDD: putting the model to work (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/model-to-work-evans) by Eric Evans (JAOO 2007) 58:48 
⟡ Unleash Your Domain (https://vimeo.com/19428577) by Greg Young (Øredev 2010) 45:20 
⟡ The Art of Destroying Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FPsJ-if2RU) by Greg Young (tretton37 2023) 42:30 
⟡ 8 Lines of Code (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/8-lines-code-refactoring) by Greg Young (QCon 2013) 54:43 
⟡ Strategic Design (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/strategic-design-evans) by Eric Evans (JAOO 2007) 54:40 
⟡ Reliability, Availability, and Scalability (https://vimeo.com/6222577) by Udi Dahan (IASA 2008) 1:11:09 
⟡ Implementing Micro Service Architectures (https://vimeo.com/79866979) by Fred George (Øredev 2013) 54:40 
⟡ Immutability Changes Everything (http://vimeo.com/52831373) by Pat Helland (RICON 2012) 45:19 
⟡ Crafting Wicked Domain Models (https://vimeo.com/43598193) by Jimmy Bogard (NDC 2012) 1:03:03 
⟡ The Actor Model (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erJ1DV_Tlo) by Hewitt, Meijer and Szyperski (Lang.NEXT 2012) 42:34 
⟡ How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw) by Josh Bloch (Google TechTalks 2007) 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 (QCon 2009) 1:02:30 
⟡ Microservices (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgdBVIX9ifA) by Martin Fowler (GOTO 2014) 26.25 
⟡ Stewardship: The Sobering Parts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5Pv4yN0b0) by Brian Goetz (Clojure/Conj 2014) 1:03:30 
⟡ Therapeutic Refactoring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4dlF0kcThQ) by Katrina Owen (Cascadia Ruby Conf 2012) 26:04 
⟡ Evidence-Oriented Programming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFrE6cgVNY) by Andreas Stefik (Strange Loop 2015) 41:42 
⟡ The Programming Language Wars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZ-QSLQIB8) by Andreas Stefik (CodeMesh 2014) 50:28 
⟡ Hopelessness and Confidence in Distributed Systems Design (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlU1opuCXB0) by Camille Fournier (Strange Loop 2015) 40:35 
⟡ Kill "Microservices" Before Its Too Late (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKEPd2ipEk) by Chad Fowler (Rocky Mountain Ruby 2016) 39:41 
⟡ The Lost Art Of Software Design (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNj8I4uSTgc) by Simon Brown (YOW! 2019) 46:15 
⟡ Tidy First (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsyvStDuqI) by Kent Beck (QCon 2023) 46:19 

Web Development

⟡ Crockford on JavaScript (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7664379246A246CB) by Douglas Crockford (Yahoo Theater 2011) 10:14:37 
⟡ Go To There and Back Again (http://vimeo.com/78893726) by Douglas Crockford (Øredev 2013) 49:06 
⟡ The Better Parts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTOG895C7c) by Douglas Crockford (JS Fest 2018) 01:00:52 
⟡ Introduction to Node.js (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sc73Y-zQA) by Ryan Dahl (BayJax/Yahoo 2011) 58:19 
⟡ WAT (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat) by Gary Bernhardt (CodeMash 2012) 4:17 
⟡ The Birth & Death of JavaScript (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript) by Gary Bernhardt (PyCon 2014) 29:22 
⟡ Hey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3svKOdZijA) by Brian Lonsdorf (HTML5 Dev Conf 2015) 36:30 
⟡ Community.js (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Yxji-tEfc) by Chris Williams (JSConfEU 2010) 21:39 
⟡ An End to Negativity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rkSdkc5TI) by Chris Williams (JSConfEU 2011) 27:25 
⟡ Is Node.js Better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fa1LZYodQ) by Brian Ford (JSConf 2012) 41:42 
⟡ Life is Terrible: Let's Talk About the Web (http://vimeo.com/111122950) by James Mickens (Øredev 2014) 32:07 
⟡ Critical rendering path - Crash course on web performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkOBnYxqj3k) by Ilya Grigorik (Fluent 2013) 41:10 
⟡ 10 Things I Learned from the jQuery Source (https://vimeo.com/12529436) by Paul Irish (TXJS conference 2010) 53:40 
⟡ Om Next (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNs9TG30E8) by David Nolen (EuroClojure 2015) 46:17 
⟡ ClojureScript for Skeptics  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsffg5xxFQI) by Derek Slager (Clojure/Conj 2015) 41:08 

Test-Driven Development

⟡ TDD, where did it all go wrong (http://vimeo.com/68375232) by Ian Cooper (NDC 2013) 1:00:37 
⟡ Holistic testing (http://vimeo.com/68390508) by Jimmy Bogard (NDC 2013) 1:00:33 
⟡ Boundaries (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries) by Gary Bernhardt (SCNA 2012) 33:44 
⟡ Is TDD Dead? (https://martinfowler.com/articles/is-tdd-dead/) by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, and David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) (Blog/Martin Fowler 2014) Article 
⟡ The Transformation Priority Premise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93QezwTQpI) by Robert C. Martin (NDC 2011) 53:43 
⟡ TDD in Tatters (https://vimeo.com/97537026) by Scott Bellware (NDC 2014) 01:07:53 
⟡ Test-Driven Development - Write better code in less time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhwElTL-mdI) by Evan Dorn (LA Ruby 2012) 30:54 
⟡ The Magic Tricks of Testing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSWYvyc42M) by Sandi Metz (Rails Conf 2013) 32:22 
⟡ How To Stop Hating Your Tests (https://vimeo.com/145917204) by Justin Searls (RubyConf 2015) 43:39 
⟡ Why You Don't Get Mock Objects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9FOchgTtLM) by Gregory Moeck (RubyConf 2011) 44:42 
⟡ The Clean Code Talks - Unit Testing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEhu57pih5w) by Misko Hevery (Google TechTalks 2008) 32:07 
⟡ TDD and Software Design (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty3p5VDcoOI) by JB Rainsberger and Sandro Mancuso (YouTube/Carlos Blé 2008) 01:28:50 
⟡ Integrated Tests Are a Scam (https://vimeo.com/80533536) by JB Rainsberger (DevConFu 2013) 01:04:35 
⟡ Structure and Interpretation of Test Cases (https://vimeo.com/289852238) by Kevlin Henney (JavaZone 2018) 01:04:23 
⟡ Does TDD Really Lead to Good Design? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFVA4Spcgg) by Sandro Mancuso (DevTernity 2018) 57:59 
⟡ TDD For Those Who Don't Need It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oP24CSdUg) by Chew Choon Keat (GopherCon SG 2017) 13:42 
⟡ TDD: Theme & Variations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5IH0ABmyc0) by Kent Beck (Tech Excellence 2024) 57:29 

Methodologies

⟡ The Land that Scrum Forgot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG4LH6P8Syk) by Robert C. Martin (NDC 2011) 45:41 
⟡ Demanding Professionalism in Software Development (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0O1VVqRSK0) by Robert C. Martin (Elapse Technologies 2012) 45:03 
⟡ Spotify Engineering Culture - Part 1 (https://vimeo.com/85490944) by Spotify Training & Development (Spotify 2014) 13:12 
⟡ Spotify Engineering Culture - Part 2 (http://vimeo.com/94950270) by Spotify Training & Development (Spotify 2014) 13:27 
⟡ Adopting Continuous Delivery (http://vimeo.com/68320415) by Jez Humble (NDC 2013) 47:22 
⟡ The Death of Agile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpGGRAhes2k) by Dave Thomas (Rethink 2014) 47:47 
⟡ Why Agile Works (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSiBlLafNY) by Alistair Cockburn (Agile Lietuva 2012) 53:03 
⟡ Implementing Programmer Anarchy (https://vimeo.com/79866978) by Fred George (Øredev 2013) 54:55 
⟡ Moving Past the Scaling Myth (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/scalability-variant-structuring#) by Michael Feathers (Philly ETE 2017) 52:02 
⟡ It Is Not About Software Anymore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8iIRG9LA54) by Mary Poppendieck (Agile India 2020) 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 (Øredev 2013) 00:07:42 
⟡ Explaining Team Flow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhpQKA9XYcE) by Michel Grootjans (Michel Grootjans 2021) 14:30 
⟡ The Efficiency Paradox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJpez7rvc0) by Niklas Modig (TEDx Umeå 2016) 18:48 
⟡ Extreme Product Development (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6TA7atF4Y0) by Peter Hilton (Devoxx UK 2024) 47:53 

Computer History

⟡ A Brief History of Graphics (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOQZmjD6P2HlOoEVKOPaCFvLnjP865X1f) by Stuart Brown (YouTube/Ahoy 2014) 46:00 
⟡ The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY45YE7ggng) by Brian Troutwine (Code Mesh 2015) 48:36 
⟡ The History (and the Future) of Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdI7Ukf-Bf4) by Grady Booch (CHM Live 2016) 01:09:27 
⟡ The Future of Programming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc) by Robert C. Martin (X/UP 2016) 01:18:20 
⟡ 1968 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjgvffBlWAg) by Kevlin Henney (Beauty in Code 2018) 56:44 
⟡ DOOM’s Development: A Year of Madness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBU34NZhW7I) by John Romero (WeAreDevelopers 2018) 44:12 
⟡ The Boeing 737 MAX: When Humans and Technology Don't Mix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRbU6WZH9s) by Kyle Kotowick (NDC TechTown 2022) 01:00:45 

Databases

⟡ Deconstructing the Database (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cym4TZwTCNU) by Rich Hickey (JaxConf 2012) 1:06:23 
⟡ Things Every Developer Absolutely, Positively Needs To Know About Database Indexing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubezKbFL7E) by Kai Sassnowski (Laracon EU 2019) 41:49 

Security

⟡ Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGX7odA87k) by James Mickens (USENIX Security '18-Q) 51:21 

Testing

⟡ Acceptance Testing For Continuous Delivery (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Y454DTRtg) by Dave Farley (PIPELINE Conference 2015) 01:02:34 

Cognitive Development

⟡ A Lecture on Creativity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g) by John Cleese (London 1991) 36:59 
⟡ The Meaning of Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzcCWEb-tyk) by Derek Sivers (YouTube/Derek Sivers 2014) 18:54 
⟡ Becoming an Outlier: Career Reboot for the Developer Mind (https://vimeo.com/97415346) by Cory House (NDC 2014) 59:12 
⟡ Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zc4DSTRGeM) by Brandon Hays (Mountain West Ruby 2016) 35:26 
⟡ Stop Treading Water - Learning to Learn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KcCU-p8QA) by Edward Kmett (YOW! 2014) 40:58 
⟡ The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo) by Randy Pausch (Carnegie Mellon 2007) 1:16:26 
⟡ Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc) by Steve Jobs (Stanford 2005) 15:04 
⟡ Hammock Driven Development (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc) by Rich Hickey (Clojure/Conj 2010) 39:48 
⟡ Drive - The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc) by RSA Animate (YouTube/RSA 2010) 10:47 
⟡ Ideology (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/ideology) by Gary Bernhardt (Strange Loop 2015) 21:22 

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