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https://www.youtube.com/bisqwit https://www.youtube.com/bisqwit is by far my favorite and I've spent many hours watching him. He does things like create a Doom

https://www.youtube.com/bisqwit https://www.youtube.com/bisqwit is by far my favorite and I've spent many hours watching him. He does things like create a Doom-style engine from scratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYsFshbkYw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYsFshbkYw .. create a NES emulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71lli8MS8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71lli8MS8s .. work back from a C++17 example to show why new C++ standards are needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwwa68JXNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwwa68JXNk .. and even building a Tetris clone in GW-BASIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDnypVoQcPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDnypVoQcPw .. Right now, he's doing a series on cracking 80s videogame passwords: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzLzYGEbdY5nEFQsxzFanSDv_38Hz0w7B https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzLzYGEbdY5nEFQsxzFan... Sirajology - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A - is another interesting one. He moves a bit too quickly for me, but does things like explain machine learning in 5 minutes or how to generate music with systems like Tensorflow.

jstimpfle 10y ago
> why new C++ standards are needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwwa68JXNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwwa68JXNk This video is totally retarded. His intentions (making a vector class with a method that has return types dependent on the size of the vector) are misguided from the start. Maybe there is really no better way to do that in C++98/11/14 than his workarounds, but you just wouldn't do that anyway. Total C++ template hell. Not good advice for developers.
igitur 10y ago
I love that Sirojology moves so fast. It's easier to pause and resume than trying to skip over irrelevant bits like is necessary with most tutorials.
blt 10y ago
I love Bisqwit. The software development content is great, but also his overall personality and philosophy really come through in the videos and resonate with me personally. The level of craftsmanship in his videos is far beyond the typical powerpoint slides mixed with live editing. It would take paragraphs to list all the reasons why, just watch them.
- rpeden 10y ago
  I love his videos too, though the fact that he quit working as a developer and got a job as a bus driver makes me worry that our industry is driving away thoughtful, creative craftspeople like him. It could be that his situation is unique to him, and doesn't generalize at all. But it also seems plausible that the trend toward practices like sprints, stories, and open plan offices that aren't conducive to the kind of deep work that people like Bisqwit do. It's also entirely possible that the churn and burn approach to development is what is most profitable in most situations, and that deep workers might find themselves relegated to certain niches. None of that is meant as a knock on agile development, or any other development practices, of course. But I think it's worth stopping to think about what we give up when we dive headlong into the Agile, open office type of workflow. It would be interesting of more teams had the courage to try practices that are definitely not waterfall, but also not Scrum (which is what most shops that call themselves Agile are practicing). Something that values relatively short iterations, but also values the kinds of creativity and deep work that can't easily be broken up into sprints and stories.
  - petercooper 10y ago
    Good news - he's just taken another job as a developer :-) He briefly mentioned it in a recent video. But yeah, his work environment didn't sound great before, and I think he assumed everywhere is a variant of that. Maybe that's true in Finland, but the guy is clearly skilled enough to work at any place he'd choose.
- StavrosK 10y ago
  I just found out about him, and his videos look very interesting, but the way he talks (the timings/accent/stresses) make me completely unable to focus on the content because I keep focusing on the speech. Does anyone else get that?
  - bitwize 10y ago
    He made English subtitles for his videos for this reason -- even the ones in English.
redgetan 10y ago
Bisqwit is awesome. He's the also first person that I thought of when I saw the thread title. His videos are really in-depth technically and they're all interesting projects.
flanbiscuit 10y ago
never heard of Bisqwit but checking the channel out now and I see some Star Control 2 videos and that got my attention! That's one of my favorite games ever
swah 10y ago
Never heard about it - I only know about the guys somehow associated with the Handmade Hero project: https://www.twitch.tv/martincohen https://www.twitch.tv/martincohen https://www.youtube.com/GingerGames https://www.youtube.com/GingerGames https://www.youtube.com/user/pervognsen https://www.youtube.com/user/pervognsen https://www.twitch.tv/nothings2 https://www.twitch.tv/nothings2 and a few more.
llSourcell 10y ago
Glad my channel has helped you guys. I quit my job at Twilio to do this full-time. I'm on a warpath to educate and inspire the shit out of everyone. Human readable link: https://www.youtube.com/c/sirajology https://www.youtube.com/c/sirajology (I am Siraj, hi everyone)
- mcbits 10y ago
  I've run across several of your videos and was surprised by how few views they had, considering the high production quality and engaging style. I guess these things take time. Keep it up and I have no doubt you'll reach critical mass.
- yankoff 10y ago
  Love your channel! You are doing a great job, keep it up!
- newsat13 10y ago
  Siraj, just watched a few of your video and it's awesome. Can you go a bit slow though? It's way too fast. I am guessing you are of Indian origin, my indian friends are very fast for me as well :-)
  - ahstro 10y ago
    Protip: YouTube has a speed setting. Just click the little cogwheel thing and it should be there. I usually use it to bump up slow talks a bit, but I'm assuming it works just as well to slow things down.
    - otterpro 10y ago
      Me too. I almost always speed up the video (due to my impatience) on Youtube. I usually find many videos too slow . The downside is that I can't do that in real life, where I want to increase the speed of the speakers at a live conference. I don't think Siraj's video is too fast. It seems just right for me.
- auston 10y ago

jstimpfle 10y ago

> why new C++ standards are needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwwa68JXNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwwa68JXNk This video is totally retarded. His intentions (making a vector class with a method that has return types dependent on the size of the vector) are misguided from the start. Maybe there is really no better way to do that in C++98/11/14 than his workarounds, but you just wouldn't do that anyway. Total C++ template hell. Not good advice for developers.

igitur 10y ago

I love that Sirojology moves so fast. It's easier to pause and resume than trying to skip over irrelevant bits like is necessary with most tutorials.

blt 10y ago

I love Bisqwit. The software development content is great, but also his overall personality and philosophy really come through in the videos and resonate with me personally. The level of craftsmanship in his videos is far beyond the typical powerpoint slides mixed with live editing. It would take paragraphs to list all the reasons why, just watch them.

rpeden 10y ago
I love his videos too, though the fact that he quit working as a developer and got a job as a bus driver makes me worry that our industry is driving away thoughtful, creative craftspeople like him. It could be that his situation is unique to him, and doesn't generalize at all. But it also seems plausible that the trend toward practices like sprints, stories, and open plan offices that aren't conducive to the kind of deep work that people like Bisqwit do. It's also entirely possible that the churn and burn approach to development is what is most profitable in most situations, and that deep workers might find themselves relegated to certain niches. None of that is meant as a knock on agile development, or any other development practices, of course. But I think it's worth stopping to think about what we give up when we dive headlong into the Agile, open office type of workflow. It would be interesting of more teams had the courage to try practices that are definitely not waterfall, but also not Scrum (which is what most shops that call themselves Agile are practicing). Something that values relatively short iterations, but also values the kinds of creativity and deep work that can't easily be broken up into sprints and stories.
- petercooper 10y ago
  Good news - he's just taken another job as a developer :-) He briefly mentioned it in a recent video. But yeah, his work environment didn't sound great before, and I think he assumed everywhere is a variant of that. Maybe that's true in Finland, but the guy is clearly skilled enough to work at any place he'd choose.
StavrosK 10y ago
I just found out about him, and his videos look very interesting, but the way he talks (the timings/accent/stresses) make me completely unable to focus on the content because I keep focusing on the speech. Does anyone else get that?
- bitwize 10y ago
  He made English subtitles for his videos for this reason -- even the ones in English.

redgetan 10y ago

Bisqwit is awesome. He's the also first person that I thought of when I saw the thread title. His videos are really in-depth technically and they're all interesting projects.

flanbiscuit 10y ago

never heard of Bisqwit but checking the channel out now and I see some Star Control 2 videos and that got my attention! That's one of my favorite games ever

swah 10y ago

Never heard about it - I only know about the guys somehow associated with the Handmade Hero project: https://www.twitch.tv/martincohen https://www.twitch.tv/martincohen https://www.youtube.com/GingerGames https://www.youtube.com/GingerGames https://www.youtube.com/user/pervognsen https://www.youtube.com/user/pervognsen https://www.twitch.tv/nothings2 https://www.twitch.tv/nothings2 and a few more.

llSourcell 10y ago

Glad my channel has helped you guys. I quit my job at Twilio to do this full-time. I'm on a warpath to educate and inspire the shit out of everyone. Human readable link: https://www.youtube.com/c/sirajology https://www.youtube.com/c/sirajology (I am Siraj, hi everyone)

mcbits 10y ago
I've run across several of your videos and was surprised by how few views they had, considering the high production quality and engaging style. I guess these things take time. Keep it up and I have no doubt you'll reach critical mass.
yankoff 10y ago
Love your channel! You are doing a great job, keep it up!
newsat13 10y ago
Siraj, just watched a few of your video and it's awesome. Can you go a bit slow though? It's way too fast. I am guessing you are of Indian origin, my indian friends are very fast for me as well :-)
- ahstro 10y ago
  Protip: YouTube has a speed setting. Just click the little cogwheel thing and it should be there. I usually use it to bump up slow talks a bit, but I'm assuming it works just as well to slow things down.
  - otterpro 10y ago
    Me too. I almost always speed up the video (due to my impatience) on Youtube. I usually find many videos too slow . The downside is that I can't do that in real life, where I want to increase the speed of the speakers at a live conference. I don't think Siraj's video is too fast. It seems just right for me.
auston 10y ago