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Distributed Systems 1.1: Introduction
Martin Kleppmann · 5 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 5 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2021–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 4 other lecture videos tagged Distributed systems, the mean is 4.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 5 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 5.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
86% of its 7 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 14 minutes 36 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2020-10-28.
- Channel / speaker
- Martin Kleppmann
- Verified runtime
- 14m 36s
- YouTube upload date
- 2020-10-28
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other lecture videos in Distributed systems. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distributed Systems 1.1: IntroductionCurrent video | 5 | 5 | 86% | — | 14m 36s | 2020-10-28 |
| Paxos lecture (Raft user study)lecture · Diego Ongaro | 6 | 6 | 86% | No recorded overlap | 66m 34s | 2013-08-15 |
| Lecture 1: Introductionlecture · MIT 6.824: Distributed Systems | 5 | 6 | 86% | 2 (40%) | 79m 35s | 2020-02-06 |
| Raft lecture (Raft user study)lecture · Diego Ongaro | 4 | 4 | 44% | No recorded overlap | 58m 17s | 2013-08-15 |
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 “Distributed systems programming has stalled”. Its short rationale: Kleppmann's course builds understanding of consensus and causality.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Making CRDTs Byzantine Fault Tolerant [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Clear, enjoyable explanations of distributed systems by Kleppmann.