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Best Tech Talks on YouTube, Ranked by Hacker News
Conference talks and university lectures on software, systems, AI, hardware and computing that Hacker News keeps recommending — ranked not by view count, but by how many separate months HN commenters kept vouching for them.
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4 mo on HNTwenty Minutes of Reasons to Use the RemedyBG Debugger
Molly Rocket
4 HN recommender · 2022–2024
4 mo on HNEmacs Rocks! Episode 17: Magit
emacsrocks
4 HN recommender · 2017–2020
3 mo on HNIntrinsic Gravity by Still
TiXL
3 HN recommender · 2019–2026
3 mo on HNintroducing copyparty, the FOSS file server
tripflag
7 HN recommender · 2025–2026
4 mo on HN.kkrieger - The FPS Game in 96KB (Full Gameplay)
Daniel Hands
3 HN recommender · 2013–2026
4 mo on HNBrick Assembly
Ancient
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
4 mo on HNA quick tour of TeXmacs
TeXmacs Videos
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
4 mo on HN"Z2" - Upgraded Homemade Silicon Chips
Sam Zeloof
4 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HN"Memories" - 256 byte MSDOS intro
Héll Mood
4 HN recommender · 2020–2022
4 mo on HNSmoothLifeL
Tim Hutton
4 HN recommender · 2012–2022
3 mo on HNASCII fluid dynamics -- IOCCC2012 endoh1.c
Yusuke Endoh
3 HN recommender · 2018–2025
4 mo on HNSimulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise)
AngeTheGreat
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
4 mo on HNStephen Wolfram's Introduction to the Wolfram Language
Wolfram
4 HN recommender · 2014–2015
4 mo on HNSYMBOLICS S-PACKAGES 3D GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION DEMO
Red Martian
4 HN recommender · 2014–2026
3 mo on HNTiTAN - Overdrive 2 (RGB 50fps) - SEGA Mega Drive - Revision 2017 (1st Place)
Oerg866
2 HN recommender · 2017–2026
4 mo on HNDual Photography
mm648230
4 HN recommender · 2013–2026
4 mo on HNAlto System Project: Dan Ingalls demonstrates Smalltalk
Computer History Museum
3 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNErlang: The Movie
uncertainyesterday
4 HN recommender · 2013–2026
4 mo on HNConsistent Technical Documents Using Emacs and Org Mode
spudlyo
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNHacking with Andrew and Brad: tip.golang.org
The Go Programming Language
4 HN recommender · 2019–2024
4 mo on HNRefterm v2 - Resource usage, binary splat, glyph sizing, and more
Molly Rocket
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
3 mo on HN[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here
LockPickingLawyer
5 HN recommender · 2021–2022
4 mo on HNBytebeat: Experimental music from very short C programs
Ville-Matias Heikkilä (viznut)
4 HN recommender · 2014–2023
4 mo on HNVirtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones, close ur eyes)
LovelyVirus
4 HN recommender · 2013–2024
3 mo on HNHead Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
Johnny Lee
3 HN recommender · 2010–2026
3 mo on HNTabs Outliner Overview
omnray
3 HN recommender · 2014–2015
3 mo on HNHow to: Work at Google — Example Coding/Engineering Interview
Life at Google
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
4 mo on HNAPL demonstration 1975
Imperial College London
5 HN recommender · 2014–2021
3 mo on HNNOTCURSES III: THE SAGA CONTINUES (1080P)
Nick Black
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
4 mo on HN15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes
Timo Bingmann
4 HN recommender · 2014–2023
3 mo on HNMy old BBC Micro system
mikeselectricstuff
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNVintage Electronics - The Tefifon
Techmoan
3 HN recommender · 2016–2018
4 mo on HNFesto - SmartBird
Festo
4 HN recommender · 2011–2021
4 mo on HNShouting in the Datacenter
Bryan Cantrill
4 HN recommender · 2011–2026
4 mo on HNPlaying a Neural Network's version of GTA V: GAN Theft Auto
sentdex
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HNGoogle Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009
Google
4 HN recommender · 2009–2025