HackersOnBoard: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "[Linux.conf.au 2013] - Git For Ages 4 And Up", hN repeatedly recommends it as the talk that finally makes git's data model click for beginners, despite its odd title.
- 8 HN recommenders 7 months 2013–2023talkHN repeatedly recommends it as the talk that finally makes git's data model click for beginners, despite its odd title.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2014–2025talkRegarded as a favorite practical walkthrough of chip decapping, linked in threads on die shots, hardware backdoors and key extraction.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2014–2026talkHN cites it as the go-to overview of what SIM cards can run and do, usually in threads about Java Card, SIM attacks or phone security.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2014–2019talkHN commenters cite it as a compelling demonstration that metadata identifies people, and as a great watch on sloppy CIA tradecraft.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2016–2023talkWhenever Wayland versus X comes up, HN points to this talk as the authoritative explanation from an X maintainer of why X was replaced.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2021talkHN cites it as a fun and damning illustration of how poor security is in IP cameras, even expensive ones.
Questions
Which HackersOnBoard video does Hacker News recommend most?
[Linux.conf.au 2013] - Git For Ages 4 And Up: recommended in 7 different months by 8 HN users between 2013 and 2023.
Is this every HackersOnBoard 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.