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Interactive programming Flappy Bird in ClojureScript
Bruce Hauman · 6 HN recommenders · 6 recommendation months
Recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 6 months (2015–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 13 other demo videos tagged Functional programming, the mean is 3.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 6 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.8× that mean. Recommendations span 6 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 3.2 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 9 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 6 minutes 22 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-04-29.
- Channel / speaker
- Bruce Hauman
- Verified runtime
- 6m 22s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-04-29
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Functional programming. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive programming Flappy Bird in ClojureScriptCurrent video | 6 | 6 | 67% | — | 6m 22s | 2014-04-29 |
| Conway's Game Of Life in APLdemo · Dyalog | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 7m 48s | 2009-01-26 |
| Symbolics Lisp Machine demo Jan 2013demo · Kalman Reti | 5 | 5 | 25% | No recorded overlap | 13m 43s | 2013-08-18 |
| A Sudoku Solver in APLdemo · Dyalog | 4 | 4 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 9m 43s | 2012-10-27 |
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 “Nubank acquires Cognitect”. Its short rationale: Interactive reimplementation of Flappy Bird showing hot reloading.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: What change in your programming technique has been most transformative?”. Its short rationale: Canonical figwheel example of live game development.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Learn ClojureScript: Functional Programming Concepts”. Its short rationale: Figwheel and realtime programming in action.