Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2020, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2020, still worth watching: these 106 tech talks and lectures earned 355 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
8 mo on HNA Hackers' Guide to Language Models
Jeremy Howard
Recommended 8× on HN · 2023–2024
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
5 mo on HNTensorflow and deep learning - without a PhD by Martin Görner
Devoxx
Recommended 6× on HN · 2017–2020
6 mo on HNHow does a USB keyboard work?
Ben Eater
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2025
6 mo on HNBuild a real-time Twitter clone in 15 minutes with LiveView and Phoenix 1.5
Chris McCord
Recommended 7× on HN · 2020–2025
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 HNJavascript in 2015
Glen Maddern
Recommended 3× on HN · 2015–2017
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 HNLearn Low Poly Modeling in Blender 2.9 / 2.8
Imphenzia
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2025
5 mo on HNHello World - Machine Learning Recipes #1
Google for Developers
Recommended 6× on HN · 2016–2017
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 HNIntro to C on Windows - Day 1
Molly Rocket
Recommended 4× on HN · 2014–2022
4 mo on HNE-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate
Applied Science
Recommended 4× on HN · 2018–2021
4 mo on HNBuilding a 6800 CPU on an FPGA with nMigen (part 1)
Robert Baruch
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNFreeCAD 0.20 For Beginners | 1 | Setup , preferences and navigation | Easy Tutorial for Learning CAD
MangoJelly Solutions for FreeCAD
Recommended 3× on HN · 2023–2024
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 HNBlender 3.0 Beginner Tutorial - Part 1
Blender Guru
Recommended 4× on HN · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNLet Vim Do the Typing
thoughtbot
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNEmacs From Scratch #1 - Getting Started with a Basic Usable Configuration
System Crafters
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNiPhone Magnifier and Voice over
Kristy Viers
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2022
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