PapersWeLove: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "William Byrd on "The Most Beautiful Program Ever Written" [PWL NYC]", hN repeatedly recommends it as an amazing talk that derives the essence of Lisp and shows miniKanren-style program synthesis.
- 11 HN recommenders 12 months 2017–2026talkHN repeatedly recommends it as an amazing talk that derives the essence of Lisp and shows miniKanren-style program synthesis.
- 6 HN recommenders 6 months 2016–2025talkRecommended repeatedly as the best account of container history and how Zones built on and went beyond Jails.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2020–2026talkRecommended as the approachable way into a precise definition of language expressiveness for language-design arguments.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2019–2024talkRecommended in cache-algorithm threads as a fun, informative walk through caching strategies and ARC.
Questions
Which PapersWeLove video does Hacker News recommend most?
William Byrd on "The Most Beautiful Program Ever Written" [PWL NYC]: recommended in 12 different months by 11 HN users between 2017 and 2026.
Is this every PapersWeLove 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.