Alan Kay - Programming and Scaling

Why it was recommended

This talk is excellent and will cue you in on how to go about thinking about the fact

Strong recommendationneuralkoi · Original2026-07

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. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

Colin McDonnell

Length

56 min 39 sec

Year

2015

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