YUI Library: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Years", hN repeatedly recommends the Crockford series as a must-watch history of computing and programming languages, and as a way to learn to think in JavaScript.
- 10 HN recommenders 10 months 2013–2022lectureHN repeatedly recommends the Crockford series as a must-watch history of computing and programming languages, and as a way to learn to think in JavaScript.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2025talkHN commenters cite it as Crockford's first-hand account of JSON's origins and of the no-evil license anecdote.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2014–2015talkHN points to it as an entertaining, insightful talk about the nature of programming, with memorable lines about programmers and a refreshing slide style.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2013–2015talkRecommended as a framework-agnostic, common-sense guide to structuring large front-end applications.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2013–2020talkMentioned as a great talk alongside Crockford's book, and mostly quoted for his quip that once you understand monads you lose the ability to explain them.
Questions
Which YUI Library video does Hacker News recommend most?
Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Years: recommended in 10 different months by 10 HN users between 2013 and 2022.
Is this every YUI Library 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.