The Original Skunk Works – Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer UK 2017
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a well-done history of Skunk Works, popping up in SR-71 threads.
What it is
Nickolas Means tells the story of Lockheed's Skunk Works and how its engineers built the U-2, SR-71 and F-117 under tight deadlines and budgets. He draws lessons for modern software teams.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2017 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends lentil · 2017-11 · on “What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015)”
Agreed. I would also recommend this conference talk on the subject by Nickolas Means, it was very well done: [this video]
Recommends wp381640 · 2020-09 · on “List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills”
This list with no context is bordering on useless. Here are some channels i've watched and enjoyed: 1. interviewing.io - they do tech interviews with big5/6 tech co candidates and step through them: [LINK] 2. CS Dojo - ex-googler who steps through CS topics (data structures, algorithms) at the intermediate level and applications in python + javascript: [LINK] 3. Academind - Heard of tech x and have no idea what it is? Chances are there is a 20-30 min video on this channel explaining it clearly. He also does longer form "build x app" videos: [LINK] 4. comma.ai / George Hotz - ML + AI livestreams from geohot: [LINK] 5. Lex Fridman - ML, AI, python and tons of awesome interviews with luminaries
Recommends sdoering · 2021-11 · on “The slowest SR-71 Blackbird fly-by”
If anyone is interested in learning more about the history of the SR-71 and Skunk Works there is a great talk on YouTube [1]. [1]: [this video]