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The Art of Code - Dylan Beattie

NDC Conferences · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “it's one of the best programming related ones I've seen in recent times.”

    Well-presented talk covering quines and the art of code

    hans0l074, 2020-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Quines: self-replicating programs (2005)”

  2. “that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen.”

    Best talk of 2020 with a memorable ending

    akritrime, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?”

  3. “whole talk is worth a watch”

    Talk with a mind-blowing FizzBuzz demo in Sonic Pi

    david_allison, 2022-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Overtone is live programmable music and visualization”

  4. “one of the most captivating tech talks I've ever seen.”

    Discusses this quine among other topics in a captivating talk

    doodpants, 2022-05 · Strong recommendation · in “An uroboros program with 100 programming languages”

  5. “I think they are quite unique in their presentation, they tell a story.”

    Dylan Beattie's talks tell a story uniquely

    newswasboring, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best Tech Talks”

  6. “I also really enjoy Dylan Beattie's work.”

    Entertaining talk by a rockstar programmer

    WaffleIronMaker, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Unicode is harder than you think”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: quines, sonic pi, esoteric programming, live coding, fizzbuzz

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