# Hammock Driven Development by Rich Hickey

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Hammock Driven Development by Rich Hickey and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this Rich Hickey talk for its argument that breakthroughs on hard problems come from unconscious thinking, and call it a great, watchworthy talk.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as a great, watchworthy talk (2 comments): "Rich Hickey gave a great talk on Hammock Driven Development" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49036429)) "shows the vid is watchworthy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49036490))
- Recommended alongside other classic reading (2 comments): "Then I followed up with "Easy made Simple" and "Hammock Driven Development"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47893734)) "along with Rich Hickey's "Hammock Driven Development"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798673))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hammock Driven Development by Rich Hickey", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hammock-driven-development-talk/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).