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Andrej Karpathy builds YouTube clone using Hacker News comments

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Andrej Karpathy, a prominent figure in AI development, recreated a YouTube-like platform over a single weekend. This personal project was motivated by his dissatisfaction with YouTube's current recommendation system. The clone utilizes two decades of comments from Hacker News as its data source. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates rapid prototyping capabilities and highlights potential for alternative recommendation systems.

RANK_REASON AI researcher builds a personal tool/project.

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Andrej Karpathy builds YouTube clone using Hacker News comments

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  1. Medium — Claude tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Shivashish Yadav ·

    Andrej Karpathy Rebuilt YouTube in a Weekend Because He Hated the Recommendations.

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/soursen/andrej-karpathy-rebuilt-youtube-in-a-weekend-because-he-hated-the-recommendations-215b6cef42cf?source=rss------claude-5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1200/1*YmLX73ovOw1…

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