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Sure sounds interesting but... Where on earth do you actually find the time to sit through a 1.5 hour yt video?!

rcarr 1y ago
Jump in and start coding entire backend with stack not best suited for job and modern AI tools: most likely future hours lost. Spend 1.5 hours now to learn from an experienced dev on a stack that is better suited for job: most likely future hours gained.
v5v3 1y ago
People find time for things they seem important to them.
- theshrike79 1y ago
  But with a hour long video, how do you know if the content is any good? With text I can skim around the headings and images and see at a glance how deep the author is going into the subject. In that specific video the first 30 minutes is related to everything but the new Web Scale[0] LLM native database the author is "moving to" from SQL. Meanwhile Postgresql is just chugging along and over-performing all of them. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
burnished 1y ago
1.5x and 2x speed help a lot, slow down or repeat segments as needed, don't be afraid to fast forward past irrelevant looking bits (just be eager to backtrack).
mafro 1y ago
Ask an LLM to transcribe and give the overview and key points
- davidw 1y ago
  If it can produce something you can read in 20 minutes, it means there was a lot of... 'fluff' isn't quite the right word, but material that could be removed without losing meaning.
mceachen 1y ago
On a desktop browser, tap YouTube's "show transcript" and "hide timecodes", then copy-paste the whole transcript into Claude or chatgpt and tell it to summarize with whatever resolution you want-a couple sentences, 400 lines, whatever. You can also tell it to focus on certain subject material. This is a complete game changer for staying on top of what's being covered by local government meetings. Our local bureaucrats are astounding competent at talking about absolutely nothing for 95% of the time, but hidden is three minutes of "oh btw we're planning on paving over the local open space preserve to provide parking for the local business".
- theshrike79 1y ago
  Copy the url, tap cmd-t Write '!sum ' hit cmd-v and enter Then the Kagi summariser will do that :)

Jump in and start coding entire backend with stack not best suited for job and modern AI tools: most likely future hours lost. Spend 1.5 hours now to learn from an experienced dev on a stack that is better suited for job: most likely future hours gained.

v5v3 1y ago

People find time for things they seem important to them.

theshrike79 1y ago
But with a hour long video, how do you know if the content is any good? With text I can skim around the headings and images and see at a glance how deep the author is going into the subject. In that specific video the first 30 minutes is related to everything but the new Web Scale[0] LLM native database the author is "moving to" from SQL. Meanwhile Postgresql is just chugging along and over-performing all of them. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs

burnished 1y ago

1.5x and 2x speed help a lot, slow down or repeat segments as needed, don't be afraid to fast forward past irrelevant looking bits (just be eager to backtrack).

mafro 1y ago

Ask an LLM to transcribe and give the overview and key points

davidw 1y ago
If it can produce something you can read in 20 minutes, it means there was a lot of... 'fluff' isn't quite the right word, but material that could be removed without losing meaning.

mceachen 1y ago

On a desktop browser, tap YouTube's "show transcript" and "hide timecodes", then copy-paste the whole transcript into Claude or chatgpt and tell it to summarize with whatever resolution you want-a couple sentences, 400 lines, whatever. You can also tell it to focus on certain subject material. This is a complete game changer for staying on top of what's being covered by local government meetings. Our local bureaucrats are astounding competent at talking about absolutely nothing for 95% of the time, but hidden is three minutes of "oh btw we're planning on paving over the local open space preserve to provide parking for the local business".

theshrike79 1y ago
Copy the url, tap cmd-t Write '!sum ' hit cmd-v and enter Then the Kagi summariser will do that :)