SethBling: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "MarI/O - Machine Learning for Video Games", the go-to accessible introduction to neuroevolution and NEAT, praised for crediting prior research.
- 10 HN recommenders 10 months 2015–2026demoThe go-to accessible introduction to neuroevolution and NEAT, praised for crediting prior research.
- 9 HN recommenders 9 months 2016–2025demoConstantly cited as the canonical example of arbitrary code execution through gameplay and of deep system knowledge among speedrunners.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2015–2022demoCited as a landmark of speedrunning, where a trick once limited to tool-assisted runs was pulled off live on hardware.
Questions
Which SethBling video does Hacker News recommend most?
MarI/O - Machine Learning for Video Games: recommended in 10 different months by 10 HN users between 2015 and 2026.
Is this every SethBling 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.