Clojure: Programming with Hand Tools

HN repeatedly names it among the best programming talks, loved for its craftsmanship message that complex tooling can hide simpler solutions.

Tim Ewald's Clojure/conj talk uses furniture making with hand tools versus machine tools as an allegory for software. It explores how automation changes what we make and how we think about our work, and why Clojure's small set of simple tools matters.