James Mickens on JavaScript

tablet reader · 49K views · 2015-02-17 · 11:46

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Overview

James Mickens delivers his comedic rant about JavaScript and web programming, in his usual dry, hyperbolic style. It includes his account of learning the language from the O'Reilly Definitive Guide.

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HN recommends it as a hilarious talk by a beloved speaker, and also uses it to jab at JavaScript's quirks.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2018–2025

Topics

Web development Satire & parody Stand-up & sketch comedy

What people said

jvanderbot · 2023-01 · Strong recommendation
James Mickens is a national treasure. Go watch his talks on YouTube and read everything he writes. [LINK] Excellence. Quality. Science. These are just a few of the words that have been applied to the illustrious research career of James Mickens. In the span of a few years, James Mickens has made deep, fundamental, and amazing contributions to various areas of computer science and life. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest scholars of his generation, James Mickens ran out of storage space for his awards in 1992, and he subsequently purchased a large cave to act as a warehouse/fortress from which he can defend himself during the inevitable robot war that was prophesied by the documentary movie “The Matrix.” In his spare time, James Mickens enjoys life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, often (but not always) in that order, and usually (almost always) while listening to Black Sabbath. Feel free to start here [VIDEO]
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haimez · 2022-11 · Recommendation
I recommend James Micken’s JavaScript talk on this matter: [VIDEO] (Time stamped to the beginning of the arrays section)
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komuW · 2018-10 · Recommendation
1. Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? - James Mickens [LINK] 2. James Mickens on JavaScript - James Mickens [VIDEO] 3. Creating containers From Scratch - Liz Rice [LINK] 4. 2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existence of Nothing - Panelists: J. Richard Gott, Jim Holt, Lawrence Krauss, Charles Seife, Eve Silverstein. Moderator: Neil deGrasse Tyson [LINK] 5. 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation? - Panelists: David Chalmers, Zohreh Davoudi, James Gates, Lisa Randall, Max Tegmark Moderator: Neil deGrasse Tyson [LINK] 6. Zig: A programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and clarity – Andrew Kelley [LINK] 7. Concurrency Is Not Parallelism - Rob Pike [LINK]
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