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YouTube channel - senior software engineer

I'm thinking about creating some engineering content for different platforms, videos for YT, courses and e-books. While I understand the value of the last two, I was always wondering who would watch a 20 minute long video about setting up a specific technology with a specific programming language, instead of reading a 5 minute blogpost?

Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UcLoOD1lRM I watched it, it's a great video, but compared to a blog post in a YouTube video you can't:

  • copy paste code. There might be a repo with the code that's being discussed in the video, but now you have two things to follow. You can copy&paste from a blog post while reading it.
  • search for specific commands, words, filenames

What are the advantages of creating videos instead of writing blog posts in such topics?

Thank you for sharing your opinion!

on January 5, 2020
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    I think a blog post with videos where you break the videos and code into chunks.

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      Thanks, that's a good idea!

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    I think videos are helpful for less experienced individuals who want to see how something is done.

    If you can accompany videos with blog posts, that'd be ideal I think.

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      Thank you for your input, I appreciate it!