Hacker News was created by Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, as a place for tech-savvy individuals to share and discuss interesting content related to technology, startups, programming, and more.

Initially, it started as a simple link aggregator, where users could submit links to articles, blog posts, and projects they found intriguing.

Over time, it evolved into a thriving community with a strong emphasis on intellectual curiosity, thoughtful discussions, and quality content.

I'm an avid reader of Hacker News and often come across high-quality discussions from the community. I found that the courses and books people discuss on Hacker News are really good, so I conduct monthly analyses and aggregate the top courses/books found in comments and rank them.

Top Picks

• Principles of Biochemistry

  edX · Harvard University · 5 HN comments

• Introduction to Biology - The Secret of Life

  edX · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 14 HN comments

• Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing

  Coursera · Yale University · 1 HN comments

• Getting yourself organized with Org-mode

  Udemy · 3 HN comments

• The Complete 2023 Web Development Bootcamp

  Udemy · 2 HN comments

• The Complete Web Developer in 2023: Zero to Mastery

  Udemy · 1 HN comments

• Design of Computer Programs | Udacity Free Courses

  Udacity · 2 HN points · 24 HN comments

• Programming Languages, Part A

  Coursera · University of Washington · 60 HN points · 69 HN comments

• Machine Learning

  Coursera · DeepLearning.AI · 17 HN points · 3 HN comments

• CS50's Introduction to Computer Science

  edX · Harvard University · 1 HN points · 16 HN comments

• Linux Heap Exploitation - Part 1

  Udemy · 1 HN comments

• Learn Assembly Language by Making Games for the Atari 2600

  Udemy · 1 HN comments

• Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris (Project-Centered Course)

  Coursera · Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 112 HN points · 38 HN comments

• Real world DevOps project from start to finish

  Udemy · 2 HN points · 1 HN comments

Our methodology

We conducted this analysis by "ranking things based on social signals"

It's the result of mining the HN archives for references to online courses and then ranking them and displaying all references in one place.

Ranking currently takes into account HN stories (points) and comments (sentiment, karma, estimated points).

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