Tech Company Stories & Documentaries Videos Hacker News Recommends

documentary#26

Micro Men - 720p (2009)

gimpymoo

“'Micro Men' is an excellent TV drama”

15 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

documentary#70

Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary

The Documentary Network

“Code Rush, which is an awesome documentary for anyone interested in the history of the Web”

13 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

talk#101

Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small

Stanford Graduate School of Business

“one of the most useful talks of all time for building organizations is by Ed Catmull (of Pixar)”

9 HN recommenders · 2010–2017

talk#153

LISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos

USENIX

“If you're interested how it came to be check out this epic talk by Bryan Cantrill”

9 HN recommenders · 2012–2026

lecture#481

Secret History of Silicon Valley

Computer History Museum

“my favorite introduction to the valleys history was Steve Blanks The Secret History of Silicon Valley. It's well worth the hour”

6 HN recommenders · 2010–2026

documentary#650

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

Jenny Nicholson

“here's as an incredible documentary covering the misaligned incentives and poor guest experience at the now-shuttered Disney Star Wars hotel.”

4 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

talk#676

The Secret History of Silicon Valley

Google TechTalks

“This is an eye opening perspective on some history "hidden in plain sight" of the origins of Silicon Valley.”

5 HN recommenders · 2008–2016

documentary#705

Netscape Mozilla Documentary 1998 - 2000 ProJect Code Rush - creative common licence

znoopy2k

“Code Rush is a great SV tech documentary about the initial release of Mozilla”

5 HN recommenders · 2011–2013

documentary#731

Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History

Defunctland

“If you ever wanted a feature-length explanation of queueing theory and how ignoring it makes everything worse, well... here you go”

7 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

talk#842

Complete Apple WWDC | Steve Jobs talk and answer developers questions | 1997

TheAppleFanBoy - Apple & Computer Archives

“For those that haven't seen it the whole thing is worth it”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

talk#920

iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins

Protectstar Inc.

“I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#959

Facebook Fraud

Veritasium

“See a real live experiment someone did, to figure out the true reach and ROI on Facebook Advertizing.”

7 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

talk#1039

Steve Jobs Insult Response

Mike Cane

“Watch Jobs in his prime a year later describing his philosophy”

4 HN recommenders · 2011–2022

lecture#1147

Building Software Systems At Google and Lessons Learned

Stanford

“It's from 2010, but the fundamentals probably haven't changed.”

4 HN recommenders · 2012–2022

talk#1198

FailCon 2011 - Uber Case Study

BAMM.TV

“I would really recommend watching this talk[1] TK gave at Failcon back in 2011.”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2017

other#1209

Think Different

英倫米高 Michael in England

“I must admit that after watching it just now I teared up a bit.”

3 HN recommenders · 2007–2012

talk#1326

Macworld Boston 1997-The Microsoft Deal

JoshuaG

“the legendary video of Bill Gates appearing on the big screen at the Macworld Boston Keynote 1997”

3 HN recommenders · 2010–2024

documentary#1331

Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary

Valve

“the excellent YouTube documentary Valve released for Half-Life 2's 20th Anniversary”

3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

demo#1441

Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009

Google

“their demo exhibits a wow factor that is undeniable”

4 HN recommenders · 2009–2025

talk#1449

AT&T Archives: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo Redesign

AT&T Tech Channel

“I always go back to the Saul Bass presentation to AT&T over their 1970 logo redesign.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

documentary#1590

The Company that Broke Canada

BobbyBroccoli

“BobbyBroccoli on YouTube does an absolutely phenomenal job creating documentaries.”

3 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

interview#1674

Wired Interviews Bill Gates 1996

Kevin Kelly

“I strongly recommend watching the impromptu interview Bill Gates gave back in the 90s while visiting the Wired office”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

commentary#1889

Apple's Independent Repair Program is a useless PR stunt.

Louis Rossmann

“Louis Rossmann explains it”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

talk#2099

Gabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions, and the Future of Corporations

blogphilofilms

“For an understanding of what Valve are doing, here is a 1 hour talk by Gabe Newell (CEO)”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

talk#2109

Tesla Autonomy Day

Tesla

“Watch the presentation from 6 months ago, where they explain the decision to build their own hardware for inferring”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

documentary#2151

The Story of Tetris

Gaming Historian

“excellent and fascinating documentary on the history of Tetris”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

commentary#2258

Intel - Anti-Competitive, Anti-Consumer, Anti-Technology.

AdoredTV

“This is a very good overview of bad anti-consumer practices Intel has done throughout the last 30 years”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

documentary#2282

What's It Really like Working at Valve?

People Make Games

“People Make Games made an enlightening documentary on the Valve model and where it fails”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

interview#2370

3dfx Oral History Panel with Ross Smith, Scott Sellers, Gary Tarolli, and Gordon Campbell

Computer History Museum

“This is a really great retrospective on 3dfx from four of the founders.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

interview#2400

How Toy Story 2 Almost Got Deleted: Stories From Pixar Animation: ENTV

@HOLLYWOOD

“which I highly recommend if you are in storage, DevOps or SRE”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

demo#2401

The new Windows Terminal

Windows Developer

“this advertisting video is super cool and nerdy.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

talk#2439

Apple's World Wide Developers Conference 1997 with Steve Jobs

superapple4ever

“My favorite Jobs masterclass is his talk at Apple's developer conference in 1997”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2022

explainer#2441

The real reason Boeing's new plane crashed twice

Vox

“VOX has a good explainer video on what caused the 737 Max to crash twice for anyone who doesn't know the details.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019

demo#2466

Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007

John Schroter

“If you want to se the ultimate MVP demo of a product look no further than the 2007 introduction of the Apple iPhone”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#2526

This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It!

Corridor Crew

“is a fantastic watch.”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

demo#2527

Microsoft "Courier" secret tablet

Neowin

“It has also been my personal gold standard of a superb video demo.”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2021

other#2582

Epic 2014

jessanmur

“Rewatching it now gives me this uncanny feeling.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

documentary#2591

Riot On Documentary (2002)

Caroline bruins

“I highly recommend the documentary "Riot On!". Great documentary, great cinema, and great entertainment.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

documentary#2667

GENERAL MAGIC - Official Trailer

General Magic and the Soul of Tech

“Highly recommend the documentary on General Magic.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

talk#2672

Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)

Jonathan

“this is one of the best presentations ever”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2023

talk#2714

Video from Jeff Bezos about Amazon and Zappos

07272009july

“I always remember Jeff Bezos' 3 lessons: obsess over customers, invent, think long term.”

2 HN recommenders · 2011–2018

podcast#2770

Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243

Lex Fridman

“you can hear about it from the founder in this really good Lex Fridman podcast”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

documentary#2819

GraphQL: The Documentary

CultRepo

“Listen to what the developers tell which problems they had to solve when they invented GraphQL.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

interview#2879

Billion Dollar Bully: Yelp documentary producers Kaylie Milliken & Mellissa Wood

Louis Rossmann

“he talks with two of the people behind the movie Billion Dollar Bully.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

documentary#2932

The Computer Chronicles - Hypercard (1987)

The Computer Chronicles

“Years ago I stumbled on this (wonderfully dorky) episode of Computer Chronicles, that focuses on HyperCard”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

talk#2967

Macworld 1997: The return of Steve Jobs

JC

“Worth watching for the crowd reaction”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

interview#2973

CHM Live | Original iPhone Software Team Leader Scott Forstall (Part Two)

Computer History Museum

“The CHM interview tells Scott's”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

documentary#2982

General Magic (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - History, Technology, Business

Gravitas Documentaries

“check out the documentary[0] on General Magic which Bill co-founded in 1990”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026