3 HN users recommended this lecture3 months2011–2024score 4
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Commenters rate the whole playlist as high-quality, clear teaching that builds foundations from memory and machine instructions up to different paradigms.
The first lecture of Stanford's CS107 Programming Paradigms, taught by Jerry Cain, giving an overview of the course. The course goes from C and assembly through C++, concurrency, Scheme and Python.
“The presentation is clear and it simplifies in just the right places to give you the foundations.” (HN, 2023)
Stanfords "Programming Paradigms" for learning how code gets compiled to bits and bytes. [this video] Not the most sexy topic but it goes to a low level and gives you a clear picture of how memory is laid out, how functions translate to instructions from C, C++, then goes on to use Scheme and Python to show further paradigms. The presentation is clear and it simplifies in just the right places to give you the foundations.
Low-level view of memory and instructions, then paradigms in Scheme and Python.
Wow, that playlist is absolute gold. These kinds of instructional, high-quality, long-form lecture series are IMO maybe the best thing on the internet. The kind of thing when I encounter it makes me take a step back and really appreciate the fundamental beauty and utility of the internet. A few other examples: - [link] - [link] - [link] - [this video] Sometimes I wish there was a frontend for YouTube that only has these kind of long-form lecture series, but I've never found one. I think part of the reason why is that essential "quality" is somewhat ineffable.
I agree with this guy. Learning some very basic technical skills is very easy and can help you a lot. A small tip I'd like to give to any non-tech person. Is to watch Stanford's CS106a lectures on youtube: [this video] You can watch the whole thing in about a week. It gives you a decent grasp of what coding is. And they use a very friendly language that anyone can understand. It's a very small effort that will make it much easier for you to talk and understand tech people. Worth your time in my opinion, take a look. Also, it's important to note that there's almost always many alternative routes that you follow to get somewhere. While learning code yourself is a great route. It's for sure not the only one. I think the most common solution for people looking for a technical co-founder is to stop looking for a co-founder and look for an employee. Which can become a co-founder in the future once you get along. The article talks about this as well.
Intro programming lectures giving non-techies a grasp of coding.
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