PyCon 2016: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "K Lars Lohn - Keynote - PyCon 2016", commenters call it a mind-blowing, beautiful talk and cite it among their favorite tech talks.
- talk recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users, 2016–2021Commenters call it a mind-blowing, beautiful talk and cite it among their favorite tech talks.
- talk recommended in 5 different months by 5 HN users, 2016–2023The default reference in Python performance threads for why removing the GIL is hard.
- tutorial recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2016HN readers recommend it as a thorough, practical introduction to Postgres fundamentals and optimization for application developers.
- talk recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2017–2025It is recommended to programmers who want to learn statistics through simulation rather than memorized formulas.
- talk recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2018–2023Recommended as the author's own explanation of the design and security of magic-wormhole.
- talk recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2016–2024HN points to it as the foundational argument for sans-I/O protocol library design.
- talk recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2016–2025Recommended as the author's own explanation of xonsh's design and how Python and shell interplay.
Questions
Which PyCon 2016 video does Hacker News recommend most?
K Lars Lohn - Keynote - PyCon 2016: recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users between 2016 and 2021.
Is this every PyCon 2016 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.