tutorial · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Making logic gates from transistors
Ben Eater · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2019–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 22 other tutorial videos tagged Electronics & circuit design, the mean is 3.1 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2019–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 13 minutes 2 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2015-03-23.
- Channel / speaker
- Ben Eater
- Verified runtime
- 13m 2s
- YouTube upload date
- 2015-03-23
- Hacker News mention years
- 2019–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other tutorial videos in Electronics & circuit design. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making logic gates from transistorsCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | 13m 2s | 2015-03-23 |
| “Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1tutorial · Ben Eater | 11 | 11 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 27m 25s | 2019-09-14 |
| The world's worst video card?tutorial · Ben Eater | 8 | 7 | 57% | No recorded overlap | 32m 47s | 2019-07-05 |
| How does a USB keyboard work?tutorial · Ben Eater | 7 | 6 | 58% | No recorded overlap | 34m 15s | 2021-06-05 |
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 contextual reference in “Modern CPUs have a backstage cast”. Its short rationale: Example of basic gate explainers.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Firmware Is Broken Terminology”. Its short rationale: Combinational logic from transistors.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Ask HN: Recommend Some Logic Gate Tutorials and Examples?”. Its short rationale: Ben Eater series building a computer from scratch.