Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples
Brian Will6 HN recommenders · recommended in 5 months, 2016-2025
2.2M views · 10 years ago · commentary · evergreen
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.
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.
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8 comments from Hacker News
One of my favorites: "Object-Oriented Programming is Bad" link Followed by "Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples". ▶ this video
Somewhat relatedly (covers some very similar concerns and IIRC even references "Clean Code"), Brian Wills has a few good videos link ▶ this video
I highly recommend "Object Oriented Programming is Bad" and "Object Oriented Programming is Embarrassing" on Youtube. link ▶ this video
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
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.
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
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!
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"