Courses & lectures

Courses & lectures that Hacker News readers keep rediscovering.

Hall of Fame: 13
Candidates: 18
Topics: 10
Median span: 7.4 yrs

Topics in Courses & lectures

10 topics

Software engineering 7 links 4 Hall · 3 Candidates Education & learning 6 links 4 Hall · 2 Candidates AI & data 4 links 1 Hall · 3 Candidates Computer science 3 links 1 Hall · 2 Candidates Mathematics & science 3 links 0 Hall · 3 Candidates Computer games 2 links 0 Hall · 2 Candidates Economics & business 2 links 0 Hall · 2 Candidates Web & internet 2 links 1 Hall · 1 Candidates Design & creativity 1 link 1 Hall · 0 Candidates Security & privacy 1 link 1 Hall · 0 Candidates

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Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science

github.com Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-07 Resurfaced 2025-05-25

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The missing semester of CS education

missing.csail.mit.edu Books & learning 9 submissions · 7 people · 6.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-02 Resurfaced 2026-02-23

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The Website Obesity Crisis

idlewords.com Books & learning 11 submissions · 11 people · 9.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-06 Resurfaced 2023-01-21

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The cryptopals crypto challenges

cryptopals.com Books & learning 16 submissions · 14 people · 11.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2019-02 Resurfaced 2023-06-20

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Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

www.nand2tetris.org Books & learning 12 submissions · 12 people · 13.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-12 Resurfaced 2023-12-22

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Railway Oriented Programming

fsharpforfunandprofit.com Books & learning 10 submissions · 9 people · 9.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-08 Resurfaced 2023-08-18

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Technical Writing Courses

developers.google.com Books & learning 13 submissions · 13 people · 5.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-08 Resurfaced 2026-01-29

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Deep C

www.slideshare.net Books & learning 6 submissions · 6 people · 11.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-04 Resurfaced 2013-10-23

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Scala School

twitter.github.io Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 9.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2016-03 Resurfaced 2016-03-11

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A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculum

functionalcs.github.io Books & learning 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-06 Resurfaced 2023-06-13

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Applying to PhD Programs in Computer Science (2014) [pdf]

www.cs.cmu.edu Books & learning 6 submissions · 6 people · 9.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2020-05-13

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Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

karpathy.ai Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 3.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-04

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Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus

bits.ashleyblewer.com Books & learning 9 submissions · 9 people · 4.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-08 Resurfaced 2025-08-24

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The missing semester of CS education

missing.csail.mit.edu Books & learning 9 submissions · 7 people · 6.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-02 Resurfaced 2026-02-23

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Technical Writing Courses

developers.google.com Books & learning 13 submissions · 13 people · 5.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-08 Resurfaced 2026-01-29

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Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

karpathy.ai Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 3.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-04

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Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus

bits.ashleyblewer.com Books & learning 9 submissions · 9 people · 4.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-08 Resurfaced 2025-08-24

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Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science

github.com Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-07 Resurfaced 2025-05-25

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Candidates

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2011 Startup School

startupschool.org Books & learning 19 submissions · 17 people · 15.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-12-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Need to refresh your math skills? From basic algebra to calculus and beyond.

www.khanacademy.org Books & learning 10 submissions · 10 people · 11.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2011-11-01

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Quantum mechanics as a generalization of probability (2007)

www.scottaaronson.com Books & learning 10 submissions · 10 people · 16.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-17

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The Flask Mega-Tutorial

blog.miguelgrinberg.com Books & learning 21 submissions · 9 people · 12.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-05-30

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The Humble Programmer (1972)

www.cs.utexas.edu Books & learning 14 submissions · 14 people · 17.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-06-17

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Graphical linear algebra: from matrices to monoids

graphicallinearalgebra.net Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 7.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-07-10

Needs:5 submissions

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Machine Learning Crash Course

developers.google.com Books & learning 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-08-26

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

startupclass.samaltman.com Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-12-24

Needs:5 submissions

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Algorithms

www.khanacademy.org Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2017-02-15

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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MIT 6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning

introtodeeplearning.com Books & learning 6 submissions · 6 people · 7.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-02-20

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Stanford CS007: Personal Finance For Engineers

cs007.blog Books & learning 3 submissions · 3 people · 5.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-11-25

Needs:5 submissions

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Modern Physics From Scratch

theoreticalminimum.com Books & learning 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-01-17

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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CS631 – Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment

stevens.netmeister.org Books & learning 6 submissions · 5 people · 4.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-09-06

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Erlang and First-Person Shooters (2011) [pdf]

www.erlang-factory.com Books & learning 7 submissions · 2 people · 10.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2017-04-15

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart3 submitters

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Show HN: An Open-Source Data Science Curriculum

github.com Books & learning 5 submissions · 5 people · 2.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2016-09-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Modern C++ Programming Course

github.com Books & learning 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-05-02

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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Essential Math for Games Programmers

www.essentialmath.com Books & learning 3 submissions · 3 people · 6.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2014-11-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Notes on Theory of Distributed Systems [pdf]

www.cs.yale.edu Books & learning 3 submissions · 2 people · 6.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-08-24

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions3 submitters3 active years

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