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Alan Kay on Programming, Scaling and Biological Inspiration

Colin McDonnell · Talk · YouTube title: Alan Kay - Programming and Scaling
Why it's here

HN fans call it one of Kay's best talks and recommend it for rethinking why programming paradigms have barely changed.

What it covers

An Alan Kay talk on programming and scaling, covering theoretical limits of code size, engineering versus tinkering, and biological cells as inspiration for object-oriented design.