Paul Irish: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Building a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015", hN cites it whenever people discuss rebuilding the web platform or what a better browser architecture could look like.
- 4 HN recommenders 5 months 2017–2023talkHN cites it whenever people discuss rebuilding the web platform or what a better browser architecture could look like.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2011–2014talkA classic recommendation among JavaScript talks and for reading real library code to learn patterns.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2012–2025explainerHN links it as the author's own breakdown of Pointer Pointer's inner workings.
Questions
Which Paul Irish video does Hacker News recommend most?
Building a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015: recommended in 5 different months by 4 HN users between 2017 and 2023.
Is this every Paul Irish 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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