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HTHackerTubeExplorer

Independent video directory & guide

HackerTube Explorer

An independent guide to Andrej Karpathy’s HackerTube. Search 6,454 YouTube videos discussed on Hacker News, or follow a focused watch path.

Browse the collection

Find your next HackerTube video.

See all 150 topics ↗
Filters & sorting
4,796 videos foundPositive recommendations · all topics

Start with a path

Ten good videos beat six thousand open tabs.

These short routes turn a large directory into a useful sequence. Each starts with an approachable anchor and follows the strongest enduring HN signals.

01 · Foundations

AI, from the inside out.

Build intuition from neural networks and backpropagation through Transformers and modern LLMs.

10 videos · beginner to intermediate↗
 02 · Practice

Programming talks worth replaying.

Design, refactoring and language ideas that survived more than one trend cycle.

10 videos↗
 03 · Intuition

See the math before the symbols.

Visual explanations that make linear algebra, Fourier transforms and related ideas click.

10 videos↗
6,454
videos in snapshot
4,796
with a positive HN signal
150
topic categories
2007–26
HN discussion span
Maintained by HackerTube ExplorerSource exported Content updated

What is HackerTube?

HackerTube organizes years of Hacker News video links into a searchable index.

Andrej Karpathy created the project to surface YouTube videos that kept appearing in Hacker News comments, then organized the result into 150 topics.

This Explorer is an independent guide built from the public data snapshot. It is not Karpathy's official site.

Read the complete HackerTube guide ↗

  1. 01 · Source

    Years of Hacker News comments

    The export spans discussions from 2007 through 2026. A video entered the source collection after at least three people mentioned it across at least three different months.

  2. 02 · Context

    Recommendation, reference or criticism

    Not every link is praise. The source labels each mention, and this directory defaults to videos with at least one positive recommendation signal.

  3. 03 · Watch

    YouTube remains the player

    The project helps with discovery and context; it does not host the videos. Each watch page uses YouTube and keeps a direct YouTube link available.

  4. 04 · This guide

    A smaller, clearer way into the catalog

    The independent Explorer adds topic guides, ten-video watch paths, source notes and a Chinese edition without presenting its editorial choices as official recommendations.

The source summaries, categories and levels were generated with language models and may contain errors. Treat them as navigation aids, then check the video and linked HN discussion for context. See the source methodology and limits ↗

Before you browse

Four useful facts before you start.

The catalog is easier to use once the original project, this independent site and the dated source snapshot are kept separate.

Browse all FAQ answers →

What is HackerTube?

HackerTube is Karpathy’s video discovery project built around Hacker News discussions; YouTube supplies the videos.

How do I get started with HackerTube?

Start with a subject, inspect the video and discussion context, then save what you want to revisit. The guide distinguishes the original site from this Explorer.