2.2M views · Mar 4, 2016 · 28:03 · 6 HN recommenders · 8 mentions · discussed 2016–2025
Brian Will follows up his earlier anti-OOP video by walking through four short code examples, including Java code in the style of Uncle Bob, to show how object-oriented design complicates simple programs. It argues that OOP hides and scatters state and adds needless indirection.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters point to it as a sharp, example-driven critique of OOP and Clean Code style, often alongside Brian Will's other anti-OO videos.
“I highly recommend "Object Oriented Programming is Bad" and "Object Oriented Programming is Embarrassing" on Youtube.”HN comment, 2021
“I highly recommend "Object Oriented Programming is Bad" and "Object Oriented Programming is Embarrassing" on Youtube.”
Anti-OOP video series.
I highly recommend "Object Oriented Programming is Bad" and "Object Oriented Programming is Embarrassing" on Youtube. link this video
“One of my favorites”
Commenter's favorite OOP critique videos.
One of my favorites: "Object-Oriented Programming is Bad" link Followed by "Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples". this video
“Perhaps the Brian Will anti-OO videos provide more useful examples”
Anti-OO videos with more useful examples.
Perhaps the Brian Will anti-OO videos provide more useful examples: link "Object-Oriented Programming is Bad" this video "Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples"
“Check out this video”
Dissects four code examples, including Uncle Bob Java code.
Check out this video this video from Brian Will, where he dissects 4 different code examples. I think one of the examples is also some Java code from Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin.
“The blog post and related youtube videos are pretty interesting as well[2][3][4].”
Related videos on state in OOP, pretty interesting.
There was an article on state in OOP posted here a few days ago that I found very thought-provoking[1]. The blog post and related youtube videos are pretty interesting as well[2][3][4]. [1] link [2] link [3] link [4] this video
“Brian Wills has a few good videos”
Covers similar concerns to the Clean Code critique.
Somewhat relatedly (covers some very similar concerns and IIRC even references "Clean Code"), Brian Wills has a few good videos link this video
“it rings too close to my experience”
Previous video in the series.
Previous videos Object-Oriented Programming is Bad link Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples this video I'm watching the 'is Bad' one, and honestly, it rings too close to my experience. Need to think about this a bit more deeply!
“There are three talks, actually.”
One of Brian Will's other talks on OOP.
There are three talks, actually. Here are the other two. Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples[0] Object-Oriented Programming is Garbage: 3800 SLOC example[1] [0]: this video [1]: link
