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  • Recommended by 3 people: 3 on Hacker News.
  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2018 to 2023.
  • Presented by James Mickens
  • May be out of date. Uploaded 11 years ago, in an area where tools change fast.
  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

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James Mickens delivers a comedic rant about the absurdities of JavaScript and web programming.

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3 people recommend this, 1 disputes it

What people say. Highly recommended as a hilarious and classic critique of JavaScript and web development.

jvanderboton Hacker News • Recommends

On “The Night Watch [pdf]”

…rehouse/fortress from which he can defend himself during the inevitable robot war that was prophesied by the documentary movie “The Matrix.” In his spare time, James Mickens enjoys life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, often (but not always) in that order, and usually (almost always) while listening to Black Sabbath. Feel free to start here link to this video…
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komuWon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've heard?”

1. Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? - James Mickens link 2. James Mickens on JavaScript - James Mickens link to this video 3. Creating containers From Scratch - Liz Rice link 4. 2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existence of Nothing - Panelists: J. Richard Gott, Jim Holt, Lawrence Krauss, Charles Seife, Eve Silverstein. Moderator: Neil deGrasse Tyson link 5. 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation? - Panelists: David Chalmers, Zohreh Davoudi, James Gates, Lisa Randall, Max Tegmark Moderator: Neil deGrasse Tyson link 6. Zig: A programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and clarity – Andrew Kelley link 7. Co…
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haimezon Hacker News • Recommends

On “In defense of linked lists”

I recommend James Micken’s JavaScript talk on this matter: link to this video (Time stamped to the beginning of the arrays section)
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thesuperbigfrogon Hacker News • Disputes

On “Ask HN: Why do we still build the web in XML?”

A better question is why Javascript is still being used: link link to this video Can't we just get WASM browser APIs and then do the web in whatever programming language we want?
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thesuperbigfrogon Hacker News • Disputes

On “Reforming Unix”

>> The things in this list are clearly mistakes. They aren't optimised, evolved solutions. They've just stuck around due to network effects. Hello, JavaScript: link link to this video Why are we waiting so long for WASM to replace JavaScript? link It's a similar story. Bad designs (perhaps they were reasonable given the circumstances?) that were set in stone due to network effects.
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RajT88on Hacker News • Mentions

On “JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)”

James Mickens on learning Javascript by using the O'Reilly Definitive Guide book: link to this video "At first I thought that this book was going to be like any other programming book; there's going to be some syntax a few examples a list of API's and so on, but as I read this book I realized it was like a Japanese game show - I was cast into this strange world that I didn't understand and I was forced to compete in these games of wit and strength that made no sense."
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