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by jazzypants 50 days ago
I'm not the biggest fan of the influencer community, but I think that it mostly boils down to many learners preferring video content over written material. I've gotten used to reading documentation now, but I remember it being extremely intimidating when I was first learning. It was nice to have someone break stuff down into simple terms for me.

To be fair to Matt Pocock, I know he worked for Vercel and Stately for a while before doing content full time. I can't say anything about his AI content, but I did some of his free lessons when I was learning TypeScript. They included interactive editor lessons and such, so it wasn't just empty videos and fluff like some of the influencers.
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epolanski 50 days ago
> but I think that it mostly boils down to many learners preferring video content over written material

99% of the times that's not learning, but productivity porn.

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lelanthran 50 days ago
This. You can't learn by viewing, you learn by doing.

That bill is gonna come due at some point for "developers" leaning heavily on agents.

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shimman 50 days ago
No, look into his actual work history (sorry being a paid marketer isn't working as a dev). Was only a dev consultant for like two years before pivoting into full time influencer. Trust me, I know more about these types than any normal human should.
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