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 Courses

• Mathematics for Machine Learning

  Coursera · Imperial College London · 106 HN points · 4 HN comments

• Introduction to Mathematical Thinking

  Coursera · Stanford University · 2 HN points · 16 HN comments

• Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)

  Coursera · University of Michigan · 2 HN points · 7 HN comments

• coursera.org/learn/logic-introduction

  Coursera · Offered by Stanford University · 1 HN points · 5 HN comments

• Introduction to Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

  Coursera · University of California San Diego, National Research University Higher School of Economics · 10 HN points · 3 HN comments

• Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 1

  Coursera · Johns Hopkins University · 3 HN comments

• Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change

  Coursera · The University of Chicago · 3 HN comments

• Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers

  edX · The University of Texas at Austin · 5 HN comments

• Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 2

  Coursera · Johns Hopkins University · 2 HN comments

• Paradox and Infinity

  edX · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 1 HN points · 3 HN comments

• Essential Math for Machine Learning: Python Edition

  edX · Microsoft · 2 HN comments

• Computational Neuroscience: Neuronal Dynamics of Cognition

  edX · École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne · 1 HN comments

• Mathematics & Statistics of Machine Learning & Data Science

  Udemy · 1 HN comments

• Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning

  Udemy · 1 HN comments

• Combinatorics and Probability

  Coursera · University of California San Diego · 1 HN comments

• Introduction to Graph Theory

  Coursera · University of California San Diego · 1 HN comments

• Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers

  edX · The University of Texas at Austin · 1 HN comments

• Robot Mechanics and Control, Part I

  edX · Seoul National University · 1 HN comments

• Quantum Computing. Less Formulas - More Understanding

  Coursera · Saint Petersburg State University · 1 HN comments

• Effective Thinking Through Mathematics

  edX · The University of Texas at Austin · 2 HN comments

• Game Theory

  Coursera · Stanford University · 1 HN comments

• Discrete Mathematics

  Coursera · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · 1 HN points · 1 HN comments

• Combinatorial Mathematics | 组合数学

  edX · Tsinghua University · 2 HN points

• Understanding Artificial Intelligence through Algorithmic Information Theory

  edX · IMT · 1 HN points

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).

Who are we

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