# Stuff Made Here YouTube channel

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/stuff-made-here/

6 people recommended Stuff Made Here YouTube channel in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Hands-on engineering videos about building unusual projects, from trebuchets to handwriting forgery experiments. Critics say some builds are made mainly to look good on video.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Hands-on technical build videos (1 comment in the sample): "youtube channels like "Stuff Made Here" are essentially technical vlogs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49618513))
- Experiments like realistic forgery attempts (1 comment in the sample): "really cool video by Stuff Made Here explaining how he tried to make 'realistic' handwritten forgeries" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48628778))
- Recommended for fans of Tom (1 comment in the sample): "If you like Tom you will probably also enjoy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49359081))

## What people warn about

- Some builds seem made for show (1 comment in the sample): "have no purpose except to look good on a video" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070585))
- Content shifting toward Mark Rober style (1 comment in the sample): "has devolved into mark rober content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944848))

## Other YouTube channels people recommend

- [3Blue1Brown](https://hackerapproved.com/p/3blue1brown/): 79 recommend, 13 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Veritasium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veritasium/): 37 recommend, 4 mixed, 12 criticize
- [Technology Connections YouTube channel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/technology-connections/): 36 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Asianometry](https://hackerapproved.com/p/asianometry-youtube-channel/): 23 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stuff Made Here YouTube channel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stuff-made-here/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.