Douglas Crockford's 2009 Google tech talk on the good and bad parts of JavaScript, based on his book. He argues for using a reliable subset of the language and avoiding its flawed features.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: A classic recommended to people learning JavaScript, even though some find it dogmatic and dated.

“This video changed my mind”

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