LeadDev: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Who Destroyed Three Mile Island? - Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer Austin 2018", hN recommends it whenever a failure is blamed on human error, as a clear case study in looking for the systemic second story.
- talk recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users, 2020–2024HN recommends it whenever a failure is blamed on human error, as a clear case study in looking for the systemic second story.
- talk recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users, 2019–2024Strongly recommended as a gripping case study whose lessons carry over to engineering management and safety.
- talk recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2017–2021HN recommends it as a well-done history of Skunk Works, popping up in SR-71 threads.
- talk recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2020–2022HN refers to it in career and promotion discussions, including its warning about doing glue work too early in your career.
Questions
Which LeadDev video does Hacker News recommend most?
Who Destroyed Three Mile Island? - Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer Austin 2018: recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users between 2020 and 2024.
Is this every LeadDev video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.