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mcdrakeon Ask HN: What's the best talk you've watched?

"Stop Writing Classes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pEzgHorH0

It changed the way I thought about programming. I had mostly been exposed to OOP ideas and this talk made me realize that a lot of them aren't necessary.

mcdrakeon Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)

Great job on Beat Maker. It's very pleasant to use!

mcdrakeon The Enterprise Experience

I'm in a similar environment and found this article painfully accurate. I keep thinking my job is to solve problems and ship software...but those are clearly not the revealed preferences* of my org.

The author went from small companies to a big one. Has anyone gone the other way? I'm looking to make that shift and I'm curious how others framed their Enterprise™ experience in a way that resonates with smaller teams.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealed_preference

mcdrakeon Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

I tried using Instapaper and Raindrop to save links, but found that I never went back and read them. Now I use Chrome's built-in reading list and don't read those either!

mcdrakeon The Big Oops: Anatomy of a Thirty-Five-Year Mistake [video]

Outer Wilds is a Unity game, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbY0mBXKKT0