JoshuaG: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005", hN returns to it for years as an inspirational talk to send to graduates, founders and anyone at a career crossroads.
- 13 HN recommenders 11 months 2007–2015talkHN returns to it for years as an inspirational talk to send to graduates, founders and anyone at a career crossroads.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2010–2024talkHN returns to it as a legendary moment in tech history and as a precedent for strategic deals between rivals, such as in the Nokia and Microsoft story.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2009–2022commentaryCited when HN discusses taste and vision in product companies.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2010–2022talkHN commenters use it to compare against later Apple launches, to show how low-key the debut was, and as an example of a great product speech.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2012–2026talkHN commenters cite it as primary-source evidence of what Jobs actually said about Mac OS X's design, open-source kernel and NeXT-based transition.
- cited 4× 0 months 2011–2025videoHN cites it as a funny piece of Apple history and as evidence of Jobs's showmanship and good humor about his portrayal.
- cited 6× 0 months 2015–2021news clipCited in threads about Apple's chip transitions as the primary source for the Intel switch announcement and the secret x86 builds.
Questions
Which JoshuaG video does Hacker News recommend most?
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005: recommended in 11 different months by 13 HN users between 2007 and 2015.
Is this every JoshuaG 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.