You and Your Research
You and Your Research by Richard Hammingby Richard Hamming
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People recommend Richard Hamming's talk on doing important research and making work matter; it is free to read or watch and is often shared as the essay to read.
People recommend Richard Hamming's talk on doing important research and making work matter; it is free to read or watch and is often shared as the essay to read.
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: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not 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
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
Essential reading on research
“This essay by OG Richard Hamming is the one to read”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “How to Do Great Work” “I prefer Richard Hamming's take”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “An opinionated take on how to do important research that matters”
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| You and Your Researchby Richard HammingThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This essay by OG Richard Hamming is the one to read”
“the best is (IMO) my heavily annotated version”
“which is worth reading in its entirety”
“I prefer Richard Hamming's take”
“it's worth watching, especially as one reflects on past year and make plans for the next one”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.