Tail Call Optimization: The Musical (2019) [video]
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HN comment orderOne of my favorite tech presentations ever! So much uplifting enthusiasm, witty and whimsical humour and good taste in the songs, love it. Really happy that it belatedly got on the HN frontpage — it really deserves more views. Go Anjana & Natalia!
I love this performance so much. in the best of days it can feel incredibly intimidating to sing a song parody at a technical conference, but then to do it well and have all the lyrics and slides lined up with interesting points made, that is truly art. i've met anjana enough that we're now friends. she's an incredible dev and speaker (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anjana+vakil) and even for her this performance was extremely out there and i imagine unbelievably challenging and somewhat…
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- 336
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- 94
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-05 | Tail Call Optimization: The Musical | olvy0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-03-15 | Tail Call Optimization: The Musical (2019) [video]First breakout · Best thread | felipemesquita | 202 | 37 |
| 2023-01-06 | Tail Call Optimization: The MusicalLatest 20+ point return | luu | 132 | 57 |