Christopher Alexander on Patterns and Living Structure
Peter Petrash · Talk · 1 h 4 min · 2013 · YouTube title: Christopher Alexander - Patterns in Architecture
Why it's here
HN cites it as the primary source for the claim that Alexander deprecated patterns, and as a prescient talk for programmers.
What it covers
Christopher Alexander's keynote at OOPSLA 1996 on patterns in architecture, addressed to the software community. He moves beyond patterns toward deeper ideas of wholeness and living structure.