Ben Eater: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "8-bit computer update", hN repeatedly recommends the series it launched as the best way to understand how a CPU works, praised for Eater's clear teaching.
- video recommended in 12 different months by 14 HN users, 2017–2023HN repeatedly recommends the series it launched as the best way to understand how a CPU works, praised for Eater's clear teaching.
- tutorial recommended in 11 different months by 11 HN users, 2019–2026HN repeatedly recommends it as the best hands-on way to understand how a CPU and a computer work from first principles.
- tutorial recommended in 7 different months by 8 HN users, 2019–2024HN recommends it as a clear, from-scratch look at how video hardware works, understandable with just basic logic knowledge.
- tutorial recommended in 6 different months by 7 HN users, 2021–2025HN commenters recommend it as a clear, comprehensive explanation of USB signaling and keyboard polling.
- explainer recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users, 2020–2023HN commenters prefer it over other transistor explanations as an enlightening starting point that leads into building logic gates and a CPU.
- tutorial recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2017–2023Recommended as the key video for understanding control logic and microcode.
- tutorial recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2019–2023HN people recommend Ben Eater's videos for easy, clear explanations of digital logic and building computers.
- explainer recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2020–2022Recommended as the answer to why breadboard computers are worth building and why breadboards work at these speeds.
- tutorial recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2019–2020Recommended as an accessible, educational build that anyone with basic logic knowledge can follow.
- tutorial recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2021HN commenters point to it as the clearest explanation of the PS/2 protocol, usually when keyboard interfaces come up.
Questions
Which Ben Eater video does Hacker News recommend most?
8-bit computer update: recommended in 12 different months by 14 HN users between 2017 and 2023.
Is this every Ben Eater video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.