Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2008, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2008, still worth watching: these 79 tech talks and lectures earned 267 recommendations across the years.
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11 mo on HN“Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1
Ben Eater
Recommended 11× on HN · 2019–2026
10 mo on HNPainting a Character with Maths
Inigo Quilez
Recommended 13× on HN · 2021–2025
10 mo on HNA Tour of the Acme Editor
Russ Cox
Recommended 11× on HN · 2012–2026
11 mo on HNU.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794
PeriscopeFilm
Recommended 11× on HN · 2018–2026
8 mo on HNLet's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out.
Andrej Karpathy
Recommended 14× on HN · 2023–2025
7 mo on HNThe world's worst video card?
Ben Eater
Recommended 8× on HN · 2019–2024
7 mo on HNI painted a Landscape with Mathematics
Inigo Quilez
Recommended 7× on HN · 2022–2025
7 mo on HNEmacs Rocks! Episode 14: Paredit
emacsrocks
Recommended 8× on HN · 2013–2022
5 mo on HNCreating a Doom-style 3D engine in C
Bisqwit
Recommended 3× on HN · 2015–2019
6 mo on HNHow does a USB keyboard work?
Ben Eater
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2025
6 mo on HNAmiga Hardware Programming 1 - Use the Assembler and wait for left click
ScoopexUs
Recommended 4× on HN · 2015–2024
6 mo on HNYou Suck at Excel - Joel Spolsky (Reupload)
Cool Bug Facts
Recommended 7× on HN · 2024–2026
5 mo on HNORCA Sequencer Intro (Experimental Livecoding!)
Allieway Audio
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2025
4 mo on HNDavid Beazley - Lambda Calculus from the Ground Up - PyCon 2019
PyCon 2019
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2021
5 mo on HNI made a NES emulator in 15 minutes
Bisqwit
Recommended 3× on HN · 2013–2022
4 mo on HNi3wm: Jump Start (1/3)
Alex Booker
Recommended 4× on HN · 2015–2020
3 mo on HNDepth-first search in APL
Dyalog
Recommended 2× on HN · 2019–2021
4 mo on HNE-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate
Applied Science
Recommended 4× on HN · 2018–2021
3 mo on HNBlockchain 101 - A Visual Demo
Anders Brownworth
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2025
3 mo on HNChristophe Pettus - PostgreSQL Proficiency for Python People - PyCon 2016
PyCon 2016
Recommended 3× on HN · 2016–2016
3 mo on HNLet Vim Do the Typing
thoughtbot
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNMonad - FunFunFunction #21
Fun Fun Function
Recommended 3× on HN · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNClojure in a nutshell by James Trunk
Func Prog Sweden
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2023
3 mo on HNWorld’s Best Speakers!
Tech Ingredients
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNThe Why, What, and How of Pinning in Rust
Jon Gjengset
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNHandmade Hero Day 001 - Setting Up the Windows Build
Molly Rocket
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNBuild Your Own Async
David Beazley
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNNeural Networks Demystified [Part 1: Data and Architecture]
Welch Labs
Recommended 3× on HN · 2015–2018
3 mo on HN8-bit CPU control logic: Part 1
Ben Eater
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNHow To Draw Mushrooms On An Oscilloscope With Sound
Jellybean Fenderson
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNMaking a Full Bridge Rectifier
ElectroBOOM
Recommended 3× on HN · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNRedoing Make - Haskell from Scratch #1
jekor
Recommended 3× on HN · 2014–2021
3 mo on HNLearn to Paint with Mathematics
Inigo Quilez
Recommended 3× on HN · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNWeird webcam mod that enables eye-contact conversation
DIY Perks
Recommended 5× on HN · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNDesign Your Own Keyboard!
Ben Vallack
Recommended 3× on HN · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNI wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors
Bisqwit
Recommended 2× on HN · 2019–2021