Tell HN: Some of my favorite CS content creators

cweagans 2021-08-19 16:13:57 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Ferris (aka Jake Taylor): https://www.youtube.com/ferrisstreamsstuff - live streams lots of things, but my favorite was his nintendo64 emulator written in rust. Playlist starts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsi9HPcyrU8&list=PL-sXmdrqqY...

abyesilyurt 2021-08-18 19:01:05 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Andreas Kling [1]. He is developing an OS from scratch in C++. I really like watching his videos. Watching him code also lowered the barrier for me to contribute his open source project.

[1] https://youtube.com/c/AndreasKling

hsn915 2021-08-19 01:19:03 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Brian Will; Programming lessons on various topics; YouTube

What I like about his videos is they are short and straight to the point. He also happens to have a great voice.

https://www.youtube.com/user/briantwill/playlists

2021-08-18 14:02:56 +0000 UTC [ - ]

markus_zhang 2021-08-18 14:33:01 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Abdul Bari is pretty good. He tried to explain from the root instead of jumping into a topic directly. However I hope he adds more videos for implementation as that's more difficult than the algo itself.

certeoun 2021-08-18 16:24:27 +0000 UTC [ - ]

If you are proficient in C, maybe his videos might help you:

https://www.youtube.com/user/mycodeschool/videos

General tips:

If you are implementing a hash table (std::unordered_map) via open addressing: you cannot simply delete "buckets" or entries out of a hash table. Why? Because you "break" the search chain. The solution is to have a flag or something for each bucket.

You have 3 states. When searching or deleting, you preserve the "search chain" that way. "FULL" and "DEAD" means you can iterate over or delete when on a search or delete op. "EMPTY" on an add operation means, okay here it is, here I can place something. If you use chaining instead of open addressing you don't have to worry about "breaking the search chain".

alecco 2021-08-19 07:05:14 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Links in comments?

May I suggest you create playlists on YouTube combining the videos by topic?

certeoun 2021-08-19 09:20:34 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Not everybody in the list is on YouTube (e.g. Gabriel Gambetta). I don't have a Google account, and I see no problem with the links in the comments. However, those who do have a YouTube account may consider it.

The intent of this whole thing was to spread awareness that people such Jacob Sorber exist. In a world of noise, it is not so easy to find signals. (That's why when I search for a topic, I very often find myself using HN's search function. Then, I might search via DuckDuckGo or some other search engine. If you use browser extensions such as "Content Farm Terminator", "Unhook YouTube", and "Clickbait Remover for YouTube" you get to have a more pleasant search.)

That's my personal opinion, you can disagree with me here, but I find it very problematic that people are out there who intentionally abuse your attention to make you consume their (mostly) futile content. They are also polluting the search space. (I am talking about clickbaiters, influencers and content farmers here.) Anyhow, I am thankful that there are browser extensions for this, reducing or eliminating most of the noise (or abuse?) out there. (Maybe the word "abuse" is too harsh here. Perhaps "psychological manipulation" is more fitting?) I just wish search in general wouldn't be so polluted. It's so noisy out there.

mesaframe 2021-08-18 16:14:45 +0000 UTC [ - ]

> Yan Chernikov

His content is non-existent to bad.

certeoun 2021-08-18 16:15:56 +0000 UTC [ - ]

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChernoProject

He goes by "The Cherno" on YouTube. :)