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Read HN twice a day for the last decade. Here's my list of S-Tier HN links

76 points · 14 comments · vivzkestrel

  1. stillatit · · focus · HN ↗
    Clickable:

    - Animated explanation of how transformers work <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;poloclub.github.io&#x2F;transformer-explainer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;poloclub.github.io&#x2F;transformer-explainer&#x2F;

    - Visual intro to K-means clustering algorithm <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;k-means-explorable.vercel.app&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;k-means-explorable.vercel.app&#x2F;

    - Animated 3D intro to vision LLMs <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mdturp.ch&#x2F;posts&#x2F;2024-04-05-visual_guide_to_vision_transformer.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mdturp.ch&#x2F;posts&#x2F;2024-04-05-visual_guide_to_visi...

    - Animated intro to machine learning <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;r2d3.us&#x2F;visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;r2d3.us&#x2F;visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1&#x2F;

    - Animated intro to probability in math <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;seeing-theory.brown.edu&#x2F;basic-probability&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;seeing-theory.brown.edu&#x2F;basic-probability&#x2F;index.html

    - Building a 3D world from scratch in step by step animated manner <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aibodh.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;bevy-tutorial-build-your-first-3d-editor-in-rust&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aibodh.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;bevy-tutorial-build-your-first-3d-e...

    - Visualize algorithms <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;algorithm-visualizer.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;algorithm-visualizer.org&#x2F;

    - Animated step by step sequence of how a request goes from your browser to the server <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;200ms.thenodebook.com&#x2F;#act-1-the-click" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;200ms.thenodebook.com&#x2F;#act-1-the-click

    - Visual intro to the inner workings of a combustion engine <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ciechanow.ski&#x2F;internal-combustion-engine&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ciechanow.ski&#x2F;internal-combustion-engine&#x2F;

    - 3D real time robotics code simulator <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bittlex-sim.petoi.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bittlex-sim.petoi.com&#x2F;

    - Animated explainer: Elliptic curve cryptography <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;growingswe.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;elliptic-curve-cryptography" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;growingswe.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;elliptic-curve-cryptography

    - Rate limiting algorithms visualized <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;smudge.ai&#x2F;blog&#x2F;ratelimit-algorithms" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;smudge.ai&#x2F;blog&#x2F;ratelimit-algorithms

    - Visual intro to the graphics pipeline! <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fremaconsulting.ch&#x2F;blog&#x2F;vulkan" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fremaconsulting.ch&#x2F;blog&#x2F;vulkan

    - Animated explanation of how to build ReactJS from scratch! <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pomb.us&#x2F;build-your-own-react&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pomb.us&#x2F;build-your-own-react&#x2F;

    - Mini game: How to build an entire CPU starting from a basic gate <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;select.supply&#x2F;game&#x2F;chipbuilder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;select.supply&#x2F;game&#x2F;chipbuilder

    - Assemble a neural network from scratch <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;graphgame.sabrina.dev&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;graphgame.sabrina.dev&#x2F;

    - 3D visualization: how gravity works <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qunabu.github.io&#x2F;Gravity&#x2F;#what-is-gravity" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qunabu.github.io&#x2F;Gravity&#x2F;#what-is-gravity

    - Mini game: how css grid works <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cssgridgarden.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cssgridgarden.com&#x2F;

    - Animated math book for linear algebra, vectors etc <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;immersivemath.com&#x2F;ila&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;immersivemath.com&#x2F;ila&#x2F;index.html

    - Animated explainer: How FAISS vector search works <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fremaconsulting.ch&#x2F;blog&#x2F;faiss" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fremaconsulting.ch&#x2F;blog&#x2F;faiss

    - 3D animation of how to build a health wearable from scratch <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lumafield.com&#x2F;scan-of-the-month&#x2F;health-wearables" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lumafield.com&#x2F;scan-of-the-month&#x2F;health-wearables

    - 3D animation of how semiconductor manufacturing works <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ig.ft.com&#x2F;microchips&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ig.ft.com&#x2F;microchips&#x2F;

    - Mini game: how git works <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;learngitbranching.js.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;learngitbranching.js.org&#x2F;

    - Mini game: SQL from scratch <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sqlpd.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sqlpd.com&#x2F;

    - Another mini game: SQL <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lost-at-sql.therobinlord.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lost-at-sql.therobinlord.com&#x2F;

    - Animated explainers showing how colors, screens, graphics, rendering, shaders, compilers, interpreters work <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makingsoftware.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makingsoftware.com&#x2F;

    - Animated explainer shows how networking 7 layer stack works inside out <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fazamhd.com&#x2F;mental-models&#x2F;networking&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fazamhd.com&#x2F;mental-models&#x2F;networking&#x2F;

    - Animated explainers for linear &amp; logistic regression, neural networks, machine learning <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mlu-explain.github.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mlu-explain.github.io&#x2F;

    - 3D explanation of collision detection, shaders, rendering, culling and gamedev related stuff <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;krupitskas.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;modern_culling_techniques&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;krupitskas.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;modern_culling_techniques&#x2F;

    - 3D animation and explanation of every exercise on the body <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;musclewiki.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;musclewiki.com&#x2F;

    - Mini game: build an nvidia gpu from scratch <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jaso1024.com&#x2F;mvidia&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jaso1024.com&#x2F;mvidia&#x2F;

    - Animated explanation of forward &amp; back propagation of neural networks <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aegeorge42.github.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aegeorge42.github.io&#x2F;

    1. siri- · · focus · HN ↗
      doing god&#x27;s work
    2. vivzkestrel · · focus · HN ↗
      - very strange indeed, i think every link worked for me when i opened it but it is possible because i have an autoridrect to archive sites when a link does not work extension

      - ah crap that must be it

    3. vivzkestrel · · focus · HN ↗
      - also here is one more: 3D neural network visualization <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;visualrambling.space&#x2F;neural-network&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;visualrambling.space&#x2F;neural-network&#x2F;
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