engineerguy: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can", it is a go-to recommendation whenever cans, good design or mass-produced objects come up, and many also recommend the whole channel.
- 9 HN recommenders 9 months 2016–2026explainerIt is a go-to recommendation whenever cans, good design or mass-produced objects come up, and many also recommend the whole channel.
- 6 HN recommenders 6 months 2015–2023explainerCommenters recommend the series whenever Fourier analysis or analog computing comes up, praising Hammack's clear explanations and the short episodes.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2023–2026explainerHN recommends the series as a thoughtful account of engineering as rule-of-thumb problem solving that predates formal science.
- 4 HN recommenders 5 months 2016–2025explainerHN commenters recommend it whenever the Selectric comes up, as a short, excellent explanation of its internals.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2018–2022lecturePraised as a masterpiece of science education that recreates Faraday's demonstrations.
Questions
Which engineerguy video does Hacker News recommend most?
The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can: recommended in 9 different months by 9 HN users between 2016 and 2026.
Is this every engineerguy 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.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.