Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course
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Recommended as a self-guided second course on compilers for people who already took an introduction, covering more advanced material.
Recommended as a self-guided second course on compilers for people who already took an introduction, covering more advanced material.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Goes beyond introductory compiler courses
“This course is just a second course on compilers for people who had an introduction. And a great one at that.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course” “this course covers more advanced material than she does”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course” “this course earns the "advanced" in its name”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course” Useful for learning compilers online
“The course overall looks good, and it's great that so much is available online”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course” “has a online course for actually teaching compilers”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Revisiting "Let's Build a Compiler"” Praised as great material
“The course overall looks good, and it's great that so much is available online”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course” “Great material! Thank you.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course”
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The four most recommended other online courses, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Neural Networks: Zero to Hero by Andrej Karpathy | 29 | 2 | 94% | 9 | — | Approved |
| CS193p SwiftUI course by Paul Hegarty | 13 | 1 | 93% | 2 | 11.9 yrs5 owners | — |
| Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online CourseThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“this course earns the "advanced" in its name”
“This course is much more valuable because it actually gives a lot of information.”
“Great material! Thank you.”
“this course covers more advanced material than she does”
“This course is just a second course on compilers for people who had an introduction. And a great one at that.”
“The course overall looks good, and it's great that so much is available online”
“has a online course for actually teaching compilers”
“For learning deeper about other advanced topics there is”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.