Code Sync: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Chris McCord - Keynote: Phoenix LiveView - Interactive Apps without Javascript - ElixirConf EU 2019", hN recommends it as the primary source for understanding LiveView's advantages and its middle ground between multipage apps and SPAs.
- 4 HN recommenders 6 months 2019–2024talkHN recommends it as the primary source for understanding LiveView's advantages and its middle ground between multipage apps and SPAs.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2018–2022talkHN people recommend it as a reading list of historical CS ideas worth knowing, and as a favorite among Armstrong's talks, especially after his death.
- 5 HN recommenders 4 months 2018–2024talkHN points to it as a good introduction to Idris 2 and a striking demonstration of what dependent types enable.
- 2 HN recommenders 3 months 2020–2024talkRecommended in note-taking and personal wiki threads for its enthusiasm about granular, densely linked notes and TiddlyWiki.
- Beyond functional programming: a taste of Verse. Simon Peyton Jones & Tim Sweeney | Lambda Days 20233 HN recommenders 2 months 2023–2024talkHN recommends it as an interesting look at functional logic programming with wide implications for game programming.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2021talkRecommended in Elixir and machine learning threads as the introduction to what Nx makes possible.
- cited 3× 0 months 2023–2024talkReferenced as a demo of how easily Phoenix LiveView handles things like bidirectional infinite pagination with streams.
- cited 3× 0 months 2023–2026talkLinked as the authoritative background on how Elixir's gradual set-theoretic type system works.
Questions
Which Code Sync video does Hacker News recommend most?
Chris McCord - Keynote: Phoenix LiveView - Interactive Apps without Javascript - ElixirConf EU 2019: recommended in 6 different months by 4 HN users between 2019 and 2024.
Is this every Code Sync 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.
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