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To people making shitty guides/tutorials. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Don't. Just don't.

Go on a walk. Feed your dog. Maybe read a fucking book. Do literally anything else.

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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think there's a key distinction to be made between a "tutorial" and a "vlog." Some videos you watch to learn things, and other videos you watch to be entertained by the struggle.

(Admittedly, for the latter the examples I have in my head are all makers/artists, not programmers, and I'm not sure I'd be as entertained watching somebody fuck up a software config as I am watching them panic as their epoxy resin pour goes wrong.)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Also… the actual good stuff has a good chance of not being free, or not being on YouTube—it’s just the reality of our world.

    When you look for YouTube videos of random people, you can get anything, from good programmers to horrible ones. You can’t really require quality from strangers posting stuff for fun.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    The good stuff is usually hidden in low view hell (or in text form, stuck on personal blogs nobody reads). Getting an audience is mostly a property of marketing, not quality. There's not a lot of natural overlap between those that can teach well and those that can market well.

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