Ask HN: Who are your favorite tech youtubers

Nir Lichtman - Sub 10 min videos on mostly C and Assembly programming<p>Low Level Learning - Sub 10 min videos with a leaning towards the security aspect of code<p>Ben Eater - Making a computer from scratch<p>Fireship - 100 seconds of X to help me keep up with whatever tech stack my colleagues are proposing this week<p>IppSec - Security and Hacking<p>Jacob Sorber - Various programming topics, mostly around C<p>javidx9 - Game programming topics, most writing old-school game engines<p>Low Byte Productions - Long form videos (1+ hours) on low level topics<p>Nathan Baggs - Hacks old games to get them working again<p>The Coding Train - Various fun programming topics mostly around visualization and graphics, done in the format of a kids program<p>TJ DeVries - Teaches you how to exit vim, and other vim stuff<p>typecraft - Neovim and tmux tutorials, plugins, configurations etc

Some of my favorites are:<p>Acerola, GPU and shader programming: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@Acerola_t" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@Acerola_t</a><p>Sebastian Lague, various mostly visual algorithms for games: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@SebastianLague" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@SebastianLague</a><p>Freya Holmér, beautiful game dev related math: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@acegikmo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@acegikmo</a><p>pannenkoek2012, how Mario 64 limitations create the most interesting bugs: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@pannenkoek2012" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@pannenkoek2012</a><p>Jon Gjengset, some of the most in-depth rust content: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@jonhoo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@jonhoo</a><p>AngeTheGreat, physics engine game dev including sound simulation: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@AngeTheGreat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@AngeTheGreat</a><p>fasterthanlime, diverse, mostly rust content: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@fasterthanlime" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@fasterthanlime</a><p>Bisqwit, retro programming: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@Bisqwit" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@Bisqwit</a><p>CodeParade, higher dimensional and fractal game dev: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@CodeParade" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@CodeParade</a><p>suckerpinch, code that should not be though of, let alone executed: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@tom7" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@tom7</a><p>SimonDev, game dev, performance focused, video quality varies: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@simondev758" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@simondev758</a><p>And many mentioned by SilverCode

None.<p>Youtubers tend to fall into a few buckets.<p>1. Watch me build Minecraft in five minutes (all game devlogs, etc).<p>2. Watch me read an article and talk about it for 30 minutes (t3.gg, primeagen, etc).<p>3. Watch me build my dream game, part three (last uploaded three years ago).<p>4. Watch my shorts with fast jump cuts, large text and no substance.

I hate the new trend where they make ridiculous faces on the thumbnails. I know they’re doing it because it must be increasing engagement, but it’s so annoying.

Youtube channel &quot;bigclivedotcom&quot; does teardowns of consumer electronic crap from AliBaba, Amazon etc. with a soothing British accent and wit.

Dave&#x27;s Garage is pretty interesting. He worked at Microsoft and wrote things like the Task Manager and Zip folders. He tells old stories and gives the inside scoop on how some of those things came to be.

None, I feel like all of them are experts in marketing, not experts in tech.<p>Louis Rossmann is alright though I like him even though I don&#x27;t watch him anymore.

John Hammond - Cyber security&#x2F;ethical hacking. He explains what he&#x27;s doing well enough for even someone like me, with very little cybersec knowledge, to follow along and understand.<p>Someone else also commented Nathan Baggs, also a great explainer of what he&#x27;s doing (and he hacks some fantastic old school games too).

More on the entertainment side than educational (but if you understand engineering&#x2F;coding you would highly appreciate the work that goes into some of these videos)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;c&#x2F;StuffMadeHere" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;c&#x2F;StuffMadeHere</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;c&#x2F;michaelreeves" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;c&#x2F;michaelreeves</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@MarkRober" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@MarkRober</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;c&#x2F;theHacksmith" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;c&#x2F;theHacksmith</a>

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER - experiments with circuit bending, synths, and other instruments<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;channel&#x2F;UCafxR2HWJRmMfSdyZXvZMTw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;channel&#x2F;UCafxR2HWJRmMfSdyZXvZMTw</a>

Outstanding, not only because they are great teachers but, above all, because I percieve them as incredibly likeable personalities:<p>1. Kevin Powell (Kevin Powell) - CSS<p>2. Daniel Schiffmann (The Coding Train) - Creative Coding

Quite a few of mine are already mentioned but if you&#x27;re into retro-computers or restoration, I find Usagi Electric to be an incredible wealth of knowledge: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@UsagiElectric" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@UsagiElectric</a><p>Also enjoy <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@Computerphile" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@Computerphile</a> for more in depth videos

I gotta mention styropyro[0] even though he doesn&#x27;t deal with computers at all - his channel is all about crazy overpowered lasers and sometimes some crazy chemistry.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@styropyro" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@styropyro</a>

One of my favorites is Optimum: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@optimumtech" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@optimumtech</a>. Lots of gnarly PC builds. I cloned his negative pressure Ghost S1 SFFPC build (but with a deshrouded Sapphire RX 5700 XT+ and Ryzen 3700x) and I absolutely love it.

Network Chuck<p>Jeff Geerling<p>Ippsec<p>Linus Tech Tips<p>Louis Rossman kinda.<p>3d printing nerd<p>cnc kitchen<p>makers muse<p>zack freedman<p>tech ingredients<p>marques brownlee<p>adam savage tested<p>There&#x27;s probably a bunch more, but honestly kind of watching more gun related stuff lately. Garand thumb, kentucky ballistics, etc.

Casey Muratori and Will Byrd, though I&#x27;m not that big on tech youtubers. Strange Loop was also pretty great and I can&#x27;t believe I have to say &#x27;was&#x27; there, but so it goes.

Me! I actually quite enjoy watching my own videos (some of them anyway…)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;atomic14" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;atomic14</a>

I vote for Ben Eater and for a number of others 8-bit guys.

Asianometry for the background and history of industry; with a particular focus on semiconductors.

ThePrimeTime is an entertaining and interesting coder.

Recently discovered ThePrimeagen videos on youtube <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@ThePrimeTimeagen" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@ThePrimeTimeagen</a><p>From my existing subscriptions:<p>- Just Another CTO <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@justanothercto" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@justanothercto</a><p>- Techno Tim <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@TechnoTim" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@TechnoTim</a><p>- Wolfgang&#x27;s Channel <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@WolfgangsChannel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@WolfgangsChannel</a><p>- TechWorld with Nana <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@TechWorldwithNana" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;@TechWorldwithNana</a>

The Tech Lead

I discovered “Developer Voices” recently <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;@DeveloperVoices" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;@DeveloperVoices</a>.<p>It’s more a podcast style channel, with a different guest on each episode with experience in a different area of tech&#x2F;computer science they discuss.<p>No memes, no clickbait, no how to be a tech lead just mixed varied interesting computer science content&#x2F;topics.<p>Agree with the other posters though, generally tech channels are junk full of charlatans.

Mental Outlaw for sure.

Technology Connections

have to add tsoding to the already mentioned channels

Bisqwit

Cathode Ray Dude

If you like tech, and like learning, I would suggest investing time with more information-dense media than video.