Google: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git", hN repeatedly recommends it as the iconic explanation of why git is designed as it is and why distributed VCS beats centralized ones.
- 9 HN recommenders 8 months 2007–2023talkHN repeatedly recommends it as the iconic explanation of why git is designed as it is and why distributed VCS beats centralized ones.
- 11 HN recommenders 9 months 2009–2017talkFor over a decade HN has pointed people asking about stress, focus or meditation to this as a restful and approachable introduction to mindfulness.
- 6 HN recommenders 6 months 2011–2018talkHN commenters point to it as a clear explanation of why data-centric networking fits how the internet is actually used, and as a core talk on content addressing.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2009–2025demoHN returns to it as the original Wave pitch, both for its wow factor and as a case study in a hyped product that was later shut down.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2021–2024demoHN mostly uses it as a reference point for how much better video calls could get, with some skepticism about what the demo leaves out.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2023talkRecommended as practical advice straight from Vim's author, and shared in memory of Bram after his death.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2010–2025videoHN cites it as a model of emotional product storytelling and as inspiration for visualizing one's own search history as a narrative.
- cited 4× 0 months 2012–2013demoHN refers to it as the aspirational Glass vision, often contrasted with what the product actually delivered.
- cited 3× 0 months 2013–2014news clipHN mostly cites it as a reference for the Google/NASA/D-Wave partnership and as a basic intro to quantum computing's potential.
- cited 5× 0 months 2012–2022demoCited as an early milestone of autonomous driving, and later as an example of over-optimistic timelines.
Questions
Which Google video does Hacker News recommend most?
Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git: recommended in 8 different months by 9 HN users between 2007 and 2023.
Is this every Google 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.