Courses Hacker News recommends
Every course in the HackerTube list, best-scored first. The score counts the number of different months in which someone on HN recommended it, so a course people kept coming back to for years outranks one viral thread.
- 17 HN recommenders 18 months 2018–2026HN's go-to recommendation for learning linear algebra intuition, repeatedly credited with making concepts click and complementing textbooks.
- 11 HN recommenders 11 months 2008–2020Recommended as the rigorous, math-heavy original course, deeper than the Coursera version, for learning machine learning.
- 10 HN recommenders 9 months 2017–2025A staple recommendation for anyone learning math, praised for visual intuition that makes memorized formulas make sense.
- 9 HN recommenders 9 months 2017–2026G Google DeepMind · courseFrequently recommended as an excellent, clear introductory RL course from the lead of AlphaGo, pairing well with Sutton and Barto.
- 11 HN recommenders 7 months 2016–2018HN repeatedly recommends the series as the best intuition-first, visual introduction to linear algebra and a benchmark for clear math explanation.
- 7 HN recommenders 7 months 2017–2025HN commenters rate the series as some of the best visual teaching on complex numbers and recommend it for building intuition.
- 6 HN recommenders 6 months 2014–2024I Insights into Mathematics · courseRecommended as an easy-to-follow math history course that gives perspective on the subject.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2016–2023C caltech · courseRecommended repeatedly in 'where do I start with ML' threads as a clear, math-aware introduction.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2017–2025M Michel van Biezen · courseHN repeatedly recommends this series as a clear, step-by-step way to really understand Kalman filtering.
- 3 HN recommenders 4 months 2016–2019T Tony Alicea · courseHN commenters call it one of the best JavaScript courses: rigorous and deep but not boring, and freely available.
- 5 HN recommenders 4 months 2020–2023Recommended as a free, first-principles finance course for software engineers wanting to learn business and finance.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2015–2022Recommended as a gold-standard free course for anyone learning to build precision mechanical things.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2010–2012HN commenters recommend it as a simple, direct entry point for beginners who want to learn computer science, not just programming.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2025M MangoJelly Solutions for FreeCAD · courseHN users recommend MangoJelly's thorough tutorials as the best way to learn FreeCAD properly, since trial and error doesn't work.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2020–2021Y YaleCourses · courseHN recommends the lecture series as a foundational, wide-ranging grounding in modern global politics.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2011–2018HN recommends it as a fast, accessible way to start learning Python.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2021–2025Recommended as a good first-steps shader tutorial that also teaches broad graphics knowledge.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2021–2023Praised for its visualizations and pedagogy in threads about physics and differential geometry.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2022–2023HN considers the course one of the best hands-on ways into deep learning, praising the code-first teaching style.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2018–2024C caltech · courseHN rates the series as one of the best physics lecture courses on YouTube, with an engaging format and historical context.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2023L LaintalAy · courseHN commenters point to it as a thorough, free lecture series for anyone wanting the nitty-gritty of GPS and GNSS.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2024M Mr Martin Shkreli · courseHN mentions it with caveats: despite the author's reputation, commenters say it contains good investing and Excel material.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2026I Immo Landwerth (terrajobst) · courseRecommended as a practical, approachable build-it-step-by-step introduction to writing compilers, light on theory.
- 2 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2023HN lists it as a free, brilliant introduction to deep learning and computer vision, often within ML self-study plans.
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