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Hacker News YouTube Videos
by Cicero22·Mar 8, 2026·2 points·1 comment
AI Analysis
●MidRabbit Hole
Surfaces hidden gem YouTube content from HN comments; lacks novel insight.
Strengths
- •Clever metric (views ÷ comments) surfaces genuinely underrated videos rather than just popular ones
- •Filters by account age (2022+) and karma (1000+) adds signal that HN community is thoughtful
- •Data spans 10 years—enough to show real patterns in what resonates with technical audience
Weaknesses
- •No technical depth—pure data scraping and ranking displayed as a table; trivial implementation
- •Similar curated HN projects exist (HN ranking experiments, YouTube compilations); adds no new capability
Category
Target Audience
HN users seeking high-quality, lesser-known educational and technical content
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HN Trends · Lobsters (similar community curation) · Hacker News Best
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