JSConf: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "What the heck is the event loop anyway? | Philip Roberts | JSConf EU", hN commenters repeatedly name it as the best explanation of the JS event loop and the first thing to watch before tackling async code.
- 16 HN recommenders 14 months 2015–2025talkHN commenters repeatedly name it as the best explanation of the JS event loop and the first thing to watch before tackling async code.
- 9 HN recommenders 9 months 2014–2025talkHN calls it the famous talk for understanding why React rejected separation of concerns by technology and for newcomers puzzled by JSX.
- 7 HN recommenders 6 months 2018–2023talkHN treats it as the best primer on the event loop, praising its entertaining, easy-to-grasp visual explanations.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2014–2024talkHN commenters credit it with persuading them to adopt React, and cite it for the argument that HTML and JS cannot truly be separated.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2013–2021talkHN treats it as one of the best intros to the math of 3D graphics and a staple answer to how to learn graphics programming.
- 6 HN recommenders 4 months 2018–2025talkHN treats it as the classic talk on why Deno exists and on lessons from design mistakes in a widely used platform.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2014–2018talkHN links it whenever menu hover problems or nearest-to-pointer selection come up, and as proof algorithms matter in front-end work.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2018–2022talkRecommended as the clearest demo of what concurrent rendering solves, including the memorable clock animation.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2016–2026demoCommenters link it as a demo of what a live, inspectable, Smalltalk-style environment in the browser can be, in threads about Alan Kay, Smalltalk and web limitations.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2015–2024talkHN cites it as a statement of React's early design philosophy of keeping APIs small and understanding JavaScript itself.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2023–2024talkCited as the primary source for why Node exists and why JavaScript was chosen, in debates about async models and language choice.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2020talkHN recommends it as the best account of what is wrong with npm's governance and why alternative or decentralized registries are hard.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2024talkCited as the original React presentation and to credit Jordan Walke as its creator.
Questions
Which JSConf video does Hacker News recommend most?
What the heck is the event loop anyway? | Philip Roberts | JSConf EU: recommended in 14 different months by 16 HN users between 2015 and 2025.
Is this every JSConf 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.