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It’s so fun to watch these builder-youtubers develop over time. If they just keep on releasing videos and building stuff, even if they are not so skilled in th

by Torkel 3y ago

It’s so fun to watch these builder-youtubers develop over time. If they just keep on releasing videos and building stuff, even if they are not so skilled in the beginning eventually they become really skilled! It really shows that practice yields mastery. Tom Stanton is another on my list.

echelon 3y ago
> It really shows that practice yields mastery. 100% true, but I'd like to change the word "practice" to "interested and intentional pursuit". Practice is rigid and structured. You can be told to practice piano for years, but you may never become great at it. When you find something you love, you drill into it yourself. Vertically, horizontally. It absorbs you. Expertise accrues through playful exploration and repetition. That's not to say you don't have to drill certain things. Professional piano players, professional athletes, professional gamers -- they all wind up doing "boring" drills of the same moves. But the craft isn't all technical all the time, and the endurance to withstand drills is greatly enhanced when you're hooked on playing.
magicalhippo 3y ago
Indeed! I'll pile on some of mine just in case: https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate https://www.youtube.com/@AirCommandRockets https://www.youtube.com/@AirCommandRockets https://www.youtube.com/@LesLaboratory https://www.youtube.com/@LesLaboratory https://www.youtube.com/@harrisonlow https://www.youtube.com/@harrisonlow https://www.youtube.com/@michaelrechtin https://www.youtube.com/@michaelrechtin https://www.youtube.com/@HuygensOptics https://www.youtube.com/@HuygensOptics https://www.youtube.com/@jdflyback https://www.youtube.com/@jdflyback Not builders per se but really informative still: https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics (great electronics vids, especially analog guitar pedal stuff) https://www.youtube.com/@machinethinking https://www.youtube.com/@machinethinking (machining history) https://www.youtube.com/@AgentJayZ https://www.youtube.com/@AgentJayZ (in-depth about jet engines)

by Torkel 3y ago

echelon 3y ago

> It really shows that practice yields mastery. 100% true, but I'd like to change the word "practice" to "interested and intentional pursuit". Practice is rigid and structured. You can be told to practice piano for years, but you may never become great at it. When you find something you love, you drill into it yourself. Vertically, horizontally. It absorbs you. Expertise accrues through playful exploration and repetition. That's not to say you don't have to drill certain things. Professional piano players, professional athletes, professional gamers -- they all wind up doing "boring" drills of the same moves. But the craft isn't all technical all the time, and the endurance to withstand drills is greatly enhanced when you're hooked on playing.

magicalhippo 3y ago

Indeed! I'll pile on some of mine just in case: https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate https://www.youtube.com/@AirCommandRockets https://www.youtube.com/@AirCommandRockets https://www.youtube.com/@LesLaboratory https://www.youtube.com/@LesLaboratory https://www.youtube.com/@harrisonlow https://www.youtube.com/@harrisonlow https://www.youtube.com/@michaelrechtin https://www.youtube.com/@michaelrechtin https://www.youtube.com/@HuygensOptics https://www.youtube.com/@HuygensOptics https://www.youtube.com/@jdflyback https://www.youtube.com/@jdflyback Not builders per se but really informative still: https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics (great electronics vids, especially analog guitar pedal stuff) https://www.youtube.com/@machinethinking https://www.youtube.com/@machinethinking (machining history) https://www.youtube.com/@AgentJayZ https://www.youtube.com/@AgentJayZ (in-depth about jet engines)