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1. This is nice, like something I would actually use as an alternative to YouTube when I want more tech/educational content.

   Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

2. I find it amazing how close the front page of this is to what I actually watch/want to watch on YouTube

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

3. what I see is an Anthropic model harvesting (again) human output and curation

   Mixed · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

4. 100% pure nerd content, no sneaky influencer videos or clickbaity news.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

5. the difference between this and the YouTube homepage is astounding

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

6. I found an interesting video on your site in less than a minute.

   Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

7. I've been looking for something like this for quite a while now

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

8. This is a great concept, but I want to see more recent videos.

   Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

9. Just watching videos without worrying about clickbait.

   Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

10. I love the idea of different ways to access YouTube.

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

11. So many cool recommendations, a much needed project

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

12. it is instantly more relevant to me than YouTube is

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

13. It doesn’t contain a YouTube video I linked in a comment a few months ago

    Criticizes · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

14. Does Karpathy have the rights to publish all these under hackertube ?

    Criticizes · Nov 2026 · in “Show HN: HackerTube by Andrej Karpathy”

15. which doesn't expose something like this on the front-end AFAICT

    Criticizes · Nov 2026 · in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN”

16. HackerTube is 404 and 503ing, so it might not last a day.

    Criticizes · Nov 2026 · in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN”

17. The download links are slightly broken

    Criticizes · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

18. Everything is 6 months old or older.

    Criticizes · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

19. Absolutely love this! but just one thing new information is always coming and old information is becoming obsolete so fast nowadays

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

20. You have no idea how big of a smile it put on my face when I saw the "Longs" option in the sidebar.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

21. Very nice job, it'd be great if the links in the comments are actual links so we can navigate them.

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

22. what he did here shows the distance of how easy it is to get from prompt to a working prototype

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

23. This site is a real contribution to the solution of a swamp you do not seem to have perceived.

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

24. When my kids screen time has expired I will have YouTube resolve to this domain instead

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

25. I am surprised to see videos from many years ago which surely never be seen in YouTube

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

26. Nice to be able to see why a video is there and what people like about it.

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

27. Really cool idea, you might consider bundling taps when you click a video

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

28. This is great, would love filters for duration and sort by upload date

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

29. No login/account? What a blasphemy. Feel in love from the first site.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

30. Finally! Someone using AI for something useful. This is really neat!

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

31. Good stuff, I have similar thoughts about the recommendation algo

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

32. Instead I use the app to find videos and copy them to pipepipe.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

33. To me the most valuable part of this is the curation pipeline.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

34. cool! It would be nice to have a "watch a random video" button

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

35. first HackerTube and now this! Thank you SO much, both of you!

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN”

36. a random ass vibed site that's on front page because Karpathy

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

37. You can watch this long time and not feel shitty about people

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

38. Among other amazing features it includes our new AI Amanda!

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

39. this might cut into my sleep a bit, it's welcome anyway

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”

40. the prompts / requirements are fun to keep and follow

    Recommends · Nov 2026 · in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”