Per from Scrimba (YC S20) showcases HN.watch, a demo that generates on-the-fly HTML-based explainer videos from Hacker News posts using an LLM. Each video costs ~$0.04 to produce and renders in seconds, with plans to unlock use cases like instant PR explanations, doc videos, and course drafting.
Background
Scrimba is a coding education platform (YC S20) known for its interactive HTML-based video format. This post promotes their new 'Scrimba Explain' feature powered by an LLM, using HN.watch as a live demo.
- Source
- Hacker News (RSS)
- Published
- Sep 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10