How Unicode and UTF-8 Became the Web's Text Standard

Computerphile · Explainer · 10 min · 2013 · YouTube title: Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - Computerphile

Why it's here

HN treats it as the go-to short explanation of UTF-8, praised for making the topic stick.

What it covers

Tom Scott explains for Computerphile how Unicode and UTF-8 grew out of messy older character encodings to become the web's standard. It covers why the design works and how it handles worldwide text.