Ever wondered what's under the guise of yet another developer tutorial or essay? Learn how "YouTube coders" have figured out monetization and what tactics they use to sell most of their products.

Highlights

Alright, here is purely my takeaway from what I gleaned. It's not comprehensive by any means, so better watch the video first!

• 🤏 Meritocracy
  • Misconceptions to make you marketable: "10x dev", "1% top software developers", etc.
  • These YouTubers don't want you to know that the world is unfair.
  • Students and AI fear as a market.
• 💸 Money
  • Mere numbers to bait clicks: "75+ LPA", "HIGHEST SALARIES", etc.
  • Skill gap is the silent part.
• 📈 Trend chasing
  • Fearmongering is popular as ever.
  • Videobloggers plant the seed in unsuspecting minds and then retract when it bites them.
• [💩 Bashing spe

Ever wondered what's under the guise of yet another developer tutorial or essay? Learn how "YouTube coders" have figured out monetization and what tactics they use to sell most of their products.

Highlights

Alright, here is purely my takeaway from what I gleaned. It's not comprehensive by any means, so better watch the video first!

• 🤏 Meritocracy
  • Misconceptions to make you marketable: "10x dev", "1% top software developers", etc.
  • These YouTubers don't want you to know that the world is unfair.
  • Students and AI fear as a market.
• 💸 Money
  • Mere numbers to bait clicks: "75+ LPA", "HIGHEST SALARIES", etc.
  • Skill gap is the silent part.
• 📈 Trend chasing
  • Fearmongering is popular as ever.
  • Videobloggers plant the seed in unsuspecting minds and then retract when it bites them.
• [💩 Bashing spe

Ever wondered what's under the guise of yet another developer tutorial or essay? Learn how "YouTube coders" have figured out monetization and what tactics they use to sell most of their products.

Highlights

Alright, here is purely my takeaway from what I gleaned. It's not comprehensive by any means, so better watch the video first!

• 🤏 Meritocracy
  • Misconceptions to make you marketable: "10x dev", "1% top software developers", etc.
  • These YouTubers don't want you to know that the world is unfair.
  • Students and AI fear as a market.
• 💸 Money
  • Mere numbers to bait clicks: "75+ LPA", "HIGHEST SALARIES", etc.
  • Skill gap is the silent part.
• 📈 Trend chasing
  • Fearmongering is popular as ever.
  • Videobloggers plant the seed in unsuspecting minds and then retract when it bites them.
• [💩 Bashing spe

I came across everyday topic on Techlore Discussions about free and open source keyboards for Android and discovered this little gem. It is FlorisBoard, a virtual keyboard for Android which respects privacy of the user. I can sigh with relief and finish my search for that singular keyboard for typing stuff on the go.

• Demo
• 💬 Techlore Discussions
• 📲 Download on F-Droid
• 🧑‍💻 Repository

It has everything I need and more.

• Multilanguage support: detailed layout options, popular presets
• Swift and glide typing experience
• Customizable gestures: switch language by fast swiping the keyboard itself left and right, change case by swiping up, the infamous cursor swipe on spac

I suppose, it's not too complex and the headline of The New Oil website is delivered through this vector image in a good capacity. I really like Inkscape for all my minimalistic artwork. To understand the context, refer to issue and Penpot prototype.

Making

Start

The headline is "The Beginner's Guide to Data Privacy & Cybersecurity". At first, I just tried a bare oil drop representing the logo of TNO. This drop can be easily done with Path tool and mirrored through Path Effects or manually. I placed duotone gradients on both fill and stroke in such a fashion that gradients don't mix together (almost perpendicular directions).

Talk with Ryan Gorley hosted by the Fedora Design Team, at Creative Freedom Summit 2023.

Learn how free and open-source software can power your freelance career and why you should choose it over proprietary commercial software. Get an in-depth look at animated, graphic, and web design work completed by the creative agency Freehive using only these tools.

I made edits via Kdenlive, reducing the amount of unnecessary pauses and adding one-thirds. On a 29:48 time mark, there is a fun little chapter with AI art, IMO the most demanding part in regards to editing. Kdenlive helps with precise subtitling (I didn't finish them yet).

If you're interested in the sources and how some parts of the video are implemented in Kdenlive, you can check out the issue ticket. There is Kdenlive project and links to the media needed to open it.

I suppose, it's not too complex and the headline of The New Oil website is delivered through this vector image in a good capacity. I really like Inkscape for all my minimalistic artwork. To understand the context, refer to issue and Penpot prototype.

Making

Start

The headline is "The Beginner's Guide to Data Privacy & Cybersecurity". At first, I just tried a bare oil drop representing the logo of TNO. This drop can be easily done with Path tool and mirrored through Path Effects or manually. I placed duotone gradients on both fill and stroke in such a fashion that gradients don't mix together (almost perpendicular directions).

Queen and Ralsei discover the magic that is “Emoji” translation at Yandex Translate. Will they recover from this banana translate tool?