I agree. Clicking the video didn't seem to work for me the first time, so I just figured that wasn't how the site worked and wasn't entirely sure why this was a "Show HN" as I assumed it was probably interactive but seemed not. More helpful (and prominent) text than a single line in the bottom without an autoplay video would have helped, as the text there can be out of view/hard to notice.
I've still run into these quirks on 8.1, particularly when deleting files outside of the Desktop itself (e.g. through other programs/command line, maybe Explorer).
At Guelph, we do two full years of academics and a summer off before any co-op work term (so we have one less work term overall), and have two 8-month work terms and a 4-month as part of our schedule[1]. I think that's a much more workable schedule, and I think Waterloo even has a similar scheduling option in terms of term duration (at least for CS) as I've worked with a student from there for the same 8-months. As long as you stay with the same employer for 8-months (many seem willing if you ask) or the same town for both placements, it works out fairly well.
https://github.com/vapor/vapor: 6,300+
https://github.com/PerfectlySoft/Perfect: 8,400+
https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura: 4,200+