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Emacs From Scratch #1 - Getting Started with a Basic Usable Configuration
System Crafters · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2021–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 12 other tutorial videos tagged Testing, debugging & developer tools, the mean is 3.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 58 minutes 30 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2020-09-12.
- Channel / speaker
- System Crafters
- Verified runtime
- 58m 30s
- YouTube upload date
- 2020-09-12
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other tutorial videos in Testing, debugging & developer tools. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emacs From Scratch #1 - Getting Started with a Basic Usable ConfigurationCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | 58m 30s | 2020-09-12 |
| A Tour of the Acme Editortutorial · Russ Cox | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 23m 16s | 2012-09-17 |
| Emacs Rocks! Episode 14: Paredittutorial · emacsrocks | 8 | 7 | 89% | No recorded overlap | 3m 25s | 2013-03-21 |
| i3wm: Jump Start (1/3)tutorial · Alex Booker | 4 | 4 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 16m 42s | 2015-11-01 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Beautifying Org Mode in Emacs (2018)”. Its short rationale: Build your own config before deciding on Doom Emacs.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Mastering Emacs: What's new in Emacs 29.1”. Its short rationale: Incredibly well thought-out series that gets a usable config.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Why Emacs: Redux”. Its short rationale: First video of a good Emacs configuration series.