Post #914083
2026-03-31 18:20 UTC
Replies (12)
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@mattiem@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 18:32
@dvrzan my sense is you are right, there is a real shift going on. Personally, I do still read technical content. Video was never my thing. I *think* that if you are optimizing for engagement, you pretty much have to cover the latest stuff.
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@dalcacer@mas.to 2026-03-31 18:33
@dvrzan Video-tutorials still work best for me, but blogs allow to better copy and paste snippets 🤷♂️
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@mlysons@iosdev.space 2026-03-31 18:56
@dvrzan I like both depending on what I’m after. For example, I love watching @pointfreeco as they go deep on things and are, I think, excellent communicators. But I also subscribe to @twostraws and get a lot out of his written stuff, which I find useful when I want code for something.
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@mrudokas@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 19:30
@dvrzan As a public data point you can just look at YouTube `watched` counts on video lists of dev content creators. The only videos I personally watch are WWDC, as they are “documentation”. Otherwise, doc/article format. I’m sure a lot of preference one way or another is coming from generational aspects and experience levels. I can’t even say I *consume* tech content. Rather I collect blogs of “deep divers” by topics, so that when need arises I know where to scan for possible answers.
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@JoshHrach@iosdev.space 2026-03-31 19:30
@dvrzan I've always preferred reading. A well written article with code snippets is easier to consume than a video I have to watch and wait to see what part is relevant to my coding problem.
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@AndyStechishin@mstdn.ca 2026-03-31 19:37
@dvrzan is still like watching (and reading) about coding techniques. There is always something to be learned from how someone does things, truly like @StewartLynch youtube videos though I don’t watch them all
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@fbartho@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 19:38
@dvrzan I vastly prefer reading. But it feels like the systems that used to give me a broad and deep recommendation system broke with the end of Twitter. You have no ability to know if a video is going to be deep. No real way to scrub through it and read original sources. No real way to manage advertising load. This grants trash/fluff the veneer of respectability. A fluff blog post doesn’t frustrate me or waste an unfair amount of time. I can quick-scan & bounce. Can't do that with video. 😓
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@StewartLynch@iosdev.space 2026-03-31 19:44
@dvrzan As someone who creates video content, I can tell you that there has definitely been a shift and the number of viewers has dropped. However, that won’t stop me from continuing to put out videos. I think one can only truly learn from doing. Yes you can have AI do stuff for you, but unless you pick it apart and analyze it and reproduce it on your own, you aren’t really learning. Part of my target the Swift Rockies conference will be on this topic.
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@troz@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 22:10
@dvrzan I watch videos and read tech blogs. For something that I want to implement, I much prefer reading.
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@sjs@techhub.social 2026-04-01 02:28
@dvrzan I subscribe to a bunch of dev blogs and read stuff on Mastodon and watch as few videos as possible because they’re always so bloated and fluffy. It’s rare for video to be better than text and images for me.
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@thuro@iosdev.space 2026-04-01 06:59
@dvrzan I both watch videos, and read articles. It seems to me that they both have their uses, but that written content is easier kept as reference. Also often videos offers a complete path to general use of some feature, but the text is often more detailed on specific use cases. I have tried AI several times, but found it incomplete and error prone. Also I find it uninteresting to have the machine write programs, it is actually my pleasure. (1/2)
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@neilgmacy@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 08:33
@dvrzan Articles every time. I can’t watch technical videos. I find the pace too slow, and I want to be able to scan an article quickly and jump around to understand the ideas being presented better. It’s definitely not one size fits all, there’s no single way to do this content.