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Re: Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft

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Post by SkyPuncher »

hatf0 wrote: post #45

SuperfastMatt: https://www.youtube.com/c/superfastmatt Ex-Tesla/Apple automotive engineer who manages to make the realm of working on your own car seem less daunting, with a nice side of witty humor. I love his videos - he has a video series where he's currently fitting a Tesla powertrain into a 70-year old Jaguar, which I find somewhat amusing.

I look forward to his videos every 2 weeks. Even when he's low on restoration content, he finds a fun angle for a video.

I really like how he spends time explaining the theory behind something, then goes "yea, but we'll just do this and hope it works". It really helps me understand what he's thinking about and what he's assessing. Super smart guy

Re: Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft

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Post by imp0cat »

tempusr wrote: post #33
skhameneh wrote: post #16

I have a number to share, maybe not all quite perfecting craft, but enjoyable for me! I did try narrowing to ones a bit more relating to learning or improving skills. Sustainable Gardening, Self Sufficient Me General cooking, Adam Ragusea Seafood Cooking, Kimagure Cook Chocolate mastery (demonstrations), Amaury Guichon 3D Printing Tips, Teaching Tech & CNC Kitchen Everything Coffee Related, James Hoffman

Do you have any suggestions for channels that are good for beginner cooks? I just got my first job in a new city and realized I have no idea how to cook anything other than eggs & chicken

ProtoCooks with Chef Frank.

Re: Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft

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Post by roey2009 »

zachwill wrote: post #9

Frank Howarth is an absolute gem: https://www.youtube.com/@frankmakes I've been following his woodworking channel for 10 years — and I have no interest in woodworking myself. I've never come across someone who is 1) 99th percentile at the craft, 2) probably better at videography than the craft itself, and 3) will literally walk you through his line of thinking while including all the dumb mistakes he thought along th…

I like Hikaru, though I find GothamChess easier to watch, and more to my level. Also helps he is absolutely excellent in maintaining viewer attention. He is an excellent story teller.

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Post by SkyPuncher »

Matt Risigner - https://www.youtube.com/@buildshow - General Contractor/Home Builder. Heavy focus on building science.

Scott Manley - https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley - While not a craft, he does a very good job explaining a lot of cool things about space.

Stuff Made Here - https://www.youtube.com/@StuffMadeHere - He's an engineer that does a lot of zany projects spanning software, hardware, and mechanics. His wife was pregnant, so it looks like he's taking a break from videos right now.

Welding Tips and Tricks - https://www.youtube.com/@weldingtipsandtricks - I basically learned to welded from this channel.

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Post by mdpye »

skhameneh wrote: post #42
c54 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Adam Ragusea is a goldmine of well explained recipes that you could actually cook on a regular basis, even for things like weeknight meals. He tends to emphasize understanding and intuition and using your senses over exact measurement, this is how people are able to cook quickly and with lower mental overhead. Often you have to measure the first time you make a dish to get calibrated, and then can just wing it after…

Yes, this. Adam loves to go into various details and explanations along the way. I'll even see comments from experienced cooks saying they learned something new. Just one exception to this comment, I've found weight ratios to be very important when baking. Recipes that go by weight tend to be of much higher precision and overall quality. Lastly, as a beginner, don't be afraid to get things really hot! As long as you…

> when baking

Yeah, that's pretty important. Cooking is an art, bakery is a science.

Like, for real, it's significantly more chemistry than most cooking, so the proportions do matter.

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Post by mikaelsouza »

Not sure if these channels are suitable, but I really love some music theory :^)

I love to watch Adam Neely's and 12Tone's channel about music theory. I don't understand everything they say, but the topics are usually very interesting. I also enjoy 8bitmusictheory and, as you can imagine from the name, it's focused on game music.

I hope you enjoy them :^)

Adam's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AdamNeely

12Tone's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w

8-bit Music Theory's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/8bitMusicTheory

edit: oh, forgot to say, but `my mechanics` is truly amazing!

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