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Extract and Run Code from Video

Extract and Run Code from Video

by kanemarais·May 6, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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Runs Karpathy's Micrograd code directly in the browser without setup.

Strengths
  • •Pyodide integration allows executing Python/NumPy directly in the client.
  • •Syncs notes and code to specific video timestamps for context.
  • •Falls back to Colab for heavy libraries like PyTorch.
Weaknesses
  • •YouTube-native limitation restricts utility to a single platform.
  • •Shared workspaces are view-only, limiting collaborative editing.
Category
Education
Target Audience

Developers learning from video tutorials

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Post Description

I’ve spent a lot of time learning how to code from tutorials. The problem with video is that it compresses signal and noise into a single stream. The information density is high but the accessible density is low.

I built YouNote to make it more like a database. except it's multimodal and interactive. You can click, extract code, run, modify and re-run in one surface. It preserves everything you do so you can build a knowledge base of useful information over time.

Try it out - no signup needed: https://younote.co/kane/share/VMj-3S1tku0?token=1CIznh5eGzDN...

Click 'run' on any cell and experiment with it directly — it executes in-browser via Pyodide and supports NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, SymPy, and Statsmodels. Heavier workloads (like PyTorch) open in Colab.

Current limitations: Single-cell execution YouTube-native for now Shared workspace is view-only but fully-featured (code will run)

Framework (EdArXiv): https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/fntyu_v1

Would love to hear if you find this useful for learning/experimenting — or what you think it could do better.

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