Practical Data-Oriented Design by Andrew Kelley
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People recommend this talk by Andrew Kelley, the Zig lead developer, as a practical introduction to data-oriented design and worth watching.
People recommend this talk by Andrew Kelley, the Zig lead developer, as a practical introduction to data-oriented design and worth watching.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Recommended as worth watching
“Have a look at the talk Practical Data-Oriented Design by Andrew Kelly”
Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Introduction to Data-Oriented Design [pdf]” “the second one is up there, too. Both very much worth watching.”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Every Byte Matters” “you should check these two talks out then”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Every Byte Matters”
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What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Have a look at the talk Practical Data-Oriented Design by Andrew Kelly”
“Andrew Kelley (Zig lead dev) respectively”
“the second one is up there, too. Both very much worth watching.”
“you should check these two talks out then”
“He did a very interesting talk on DOD last year”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.