Hammock Driven Development by Rich Hickey
Shares rank 6 of 15 conference talks by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Praised as a great, watchworthy talk
“Rich Hickey gave a great talk on Hammock Driven Development”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “It's getting harder to focus every day” “shows the vid is watchworthy”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “It's getting harder to focus every day” Recommended alongside other classic reading
“Then I followed up with "Easy made Simple" and "Hammock Driven Development"”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 in “Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing” “along with Rich Hickey's "Hammock Driven Development"”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “TigerBeetle: A Trillion Transactions [video]”
Other conference talks people recommend
The four most recommended other conference talks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Made Easy by Rich Hickey | 22 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Birth and Death of JavaScript by Gary Bernhardt | 11 | 2 | 85% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures | 11 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
| Wat by Gary Bernhardt | 9 | 1 | 90% | 5 | — | — |
| Hammock Driven Development by Rich HickeyThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“raises the very interesting point that it's not really the concious mind that makes big breakthroughs on hard problems”
“shows the vid is watchworthy”
“Rich Hickey gave a great talk on Hammock Driven Development”
“Then I followed up with "Easy made Simple" and "Hammock Driven Development"”
“along with Rich Hickey's "Hammock Driven Development"”
“the key to good successful software is Hammock Driven Development”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.