Freya Holmér: 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 Beauty of Bézier Curves", hN repeatedly calls it one of the best math and graphics explainers on YouTube, praised for bridging game dev and math.
- 16 HN recommenders 13 months 2021–2026explainerHN repeatedly calls it one of the best math and graphics explainers on YouTube, praised for bridging game dev and math.
- 10 HN recommenders 11 months 2022–2026explainerIt is the go-to recommendation for anyone who wants to genuinely understand Bezier curves and splines, and commenters repeatedly call it one of the best programming-related educational videos.
- 9 HN recommenders 5 months 2023–2025talkHN treats it as the best entry point to geometric algebra and an intuitive route to understanding quaternions.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2021–2025courseRecommended as a good first-steps shader tutorial that also teaches broad graphics knowledge.
Questions
Which Freya Holmér video does Hacker News recommend most?
The Beauty of Bézier Curves: recommended in 13 different months by 16 HN users between 2021 and 2026.
Is this every Freya Holmér 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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