FastUbu
Shares rank 6 of 8 educational videos by recommenders
People recommend it for its fast, snappy interface, though one commenter found it slow and another said it may be obsolete and broken.
People recommend it for its fast, snappy interface, though one commenter found it slow and another said it may be obsolete and broken.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Fast, snappy interface
“the interface is pretty good and snappy”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: FastUbu – An Ultrafast Video Archive” “it's snappy and instant to me”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: FastUbu – An Ultrafast Video Archive” Favorite personal mini project
“Probably obsolete and broken by now, but one of my favorite mini projects.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Can Bundler Be as Fast as Uv?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow on some machines
“Really slow and not snappy on my machine”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: FastUbu – An Ultrafast Video Archive” May be obsolete or broken
“Probably obsolete and broken by now, but one of my favorite mini projects.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Can Bundler Be as Fast as Uv?”
Other educational videos people recommend
The four most recommended other educational videos, 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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrej Karpathy YouTube videos | 24 | 3 | 89% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Handmade Hero by Casey Muratori | 24 | 10 | 71% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Essence of Linear Algebra by 3Blue1Brown | 16 | 1 | 94% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Ask an Astronaut | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| FastUbuThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's snappy and instant to me”
“Really slow and not snappy on my machine”
“the interface is pretty good and snappy”
“Probably obsolete and broken by now, but one of my favorite mini projects.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.