Ask HN: TED talk about full stack, what would you talk about?
Let's say you would give a TED talk about how the modern web and modern web applications work. The talk has the title "Full Stack For Beginners". What would be your (say 5) main topics?
If it were me, I would talk about the history of Web Development to explain with how we arrived at the current state, and maybe offer a couple of futuristic teasers of where it could go. People are much more likely to respond to a story, than a 'hey here's how it works' but that largely depends on the audience.
Something that would look like: - Netscape Browser and the Rise of HTML - Introduction of CSS and JavaScript (explain how separation of Content/Function/CSS is a great thing) - Talk about the rise of Ruby/Rails/Jquery CMS systems and how specialized tools developed for different areas of the stack. - Talk about the rise of SPA architecture and how many things are being abstracted away. - Talk about future technologies and possible future trends in Web Development