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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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3 mo on HNThe Why, What, and How of Pinning in Rust
Jon Gjengset
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNHandmade Hero Day 001 - Setting Up the Windows Build
Molly Rocket
3 HN recommender · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNObsidian for Beginners: Start HERE — How to Use the Obsidian App for Notes
Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo
3 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HNBuild Your Own Async
David Beazley
4 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNNeural Networks Demystified [Part 1: Data and Architecture]
Welch Labs
3 HN recommender · 2015–2018
3 mo on HN8-bit CPU control logic: Part 1
Ben Eater
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNEmacs Doom Episode 1 - Getting Started
Zaiste Programming
3 HN recommender · 2019–2020
3 mo on HNHow To Draw Mushrooms On An Oscilloscope With Sound
Jellybean Fenderson
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNMaking a Full Bridge Rectifier
ElectroBOOM
3 HN recommender · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNRedoing Make - Haskell from Scratch #1
jekor
3 HN recommender · 2014–2021
3 mo on HNLearn to Paint with Mathematics
Inigo Quilez
3 HN recommender · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNWeird webcam mod that enables eye-contact conversation
DIY Perks
5 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HN(Sponsored) KiCad STM32 + USB + Buck Converter PCB Design and JLCPCB Assembly - Phil's Lab #11
Phil’s Lab
3 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HNDesign Your Own Keyboard!
Ben Vallack
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNI wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors
Bisqwit
2 HN recommender · 2019–2021
3 mo on HNJSON Parser 100% From Scratch in Haskell (only 111 lines)
Tsoding
3 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNThe spelled-out intro to language modeling: building makemore
Andrej Karpathy
2 HN recommender · 2024–2024
3 mo on HNGetting Started With Org Mode
thoughtbot
3 HN recommender · 2018–2022
3 mo on HNThe Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)
Technology Connections
3 HN recommender · 2019–2022
3 mo on HNKiCad 6 STM32 PCB Design Full Tutorial - Phil's Lab #65
Phil’s Lab
3 HN recommender · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNEEVblog #186 - Soldering Tutorial Part 3 - Surface Mount
EEVblog
3 HN recommender · 2012–2020
3 mo on HNA walk through of installing Synapse+Riot+Jitsi from scratch on Debian
Matrixdotorg
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNThe Joy of Programming in Jai - Part 1: Hello World
Nuno Afonso
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNPulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT
The Thought Emporium
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
3 mo on HN(405) Choosing a High Security Lock
Bill Johnson
3 HN recommender · 2016–2017
3 mo on HNCrust of Rust: Lifetime Annotations
Jon Gjengset
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNIntroduction to Julia - Part 1 | SciPy 2014 | David Sanders
Enthought
3 HN recommender · 2014–2015
3 mo on HNAn Intro to KiCad – Part 1: How PCBs Are Made | DigiKey
DigiKey
3 HN recommender · 2020–2022
3 mo on HNHomebrew NMOS Transistor Step by Step - So Easy Even Jeri Can Do It
Jeri Ellsworth
3 HN recommender · 2010–2023
2 mo on HNGeorge Hotz | Programming | Livecoding SLAM | twitchslam | Part1
george hotz archive
2 HN recommender · 2018–2022
2 mo on HNA Tour of Prolog
The Power of Prolog
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNLIVE Coding "Happy Jumping"
Inigo Quilez
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNEEVblog #555 - 555 Timer Kit
EEVblog
2 HN recommender · 2014–2019
2 mo on HNBrowser hacking: Let's make "Cookie Clicker" playable in Ladybird!
Andreas Kling
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNBuild an electroluminescent glass panel display -- an Apollo DSKY
Applied Science
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNTutorial: New and Updated - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking
NANOG
2 HN recommender · 2017–2018