ClabRetro YouTube channel
Shares rank 25 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
Long-form retro computing videos showing hardware projects step by step, failures included, that fans watch as soon as they post.
Long-form retro computing videos showing hardware projects step by step, failures included, that fans watch as soon as they post.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Retro hardware fans can't get elsewhere
“I love watching this channel as a 20-something who never had a chance to see/touch the hardware he's working with.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “What was a Token Ring network?” “If you find this sort of thing interesting... you'll definitely like his channel!”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “Sysadmining Like It's 2009” Hard-mode projects shown with failures
“I'm really pleased he's embraced long form videos showing the steps (and the failures) along the way”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “Sysadmining Like It's 2009” “clabretro does it all on hardmode too.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “Sysadmining Like It's 2009” Favorite channel, watched on every upload
“ClabRetro on YouTube is one of my few "drop everything and watch a new video" creators.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “What was a Token Ring network?” “one of my favorite youtube channels”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Setting up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10”
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| ClabRetro YouTube channelThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ClabRetro on YouTube is one of my few "drop everything and watch a new video" creators.”
“I love watching this channel as a 20-something who never had a chance to see/touch the hardware he's working with.”
“clabretro does it all on hardmode too.”
“I'm really pleased he's embraced long form videos showing the steps (and the failures) along the way”
“If you find this sort of thing interesting... you'll definitely like his channel!”
“one of my favorite youtube channels”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.