Domain: Programming, Web Development
Link: Dan Abramov’s JS Coding Playlist
Person: Dan Abramov
Background: Dan is a creator of Redux and a key contributor to React, a software engineer specializing in JavaScript (and Typescript) and modern front-end development practices
Why: Dan dives deep into React’s core logic, which is already very interesting, at the same time the videos are pretty simple to watch and following Dan’s thoughts can be really exciting. Besides React, he has videos where he recreates Wordle, Snake, Minesweeper games, solves Advent of Code puzzles
Domain: Chess
Link: Hikaru YouTube Channel
Person: Hikaru Nakamura
Background: Hikaru Nakamura is a five-time United States Chess Champion, a Grandmaster, and one of the most prominent figures in the chess world. Known for his rapid and blitz chess skills, he has also gained massive popularity as a content creator and streamer.
Why: Hikaru streams and comments games, and of course plays himself. For example, in a video “How to Crush a 500, Every Step Explained” he plays different people from 500 to ~2700 Elo for an hour, explaining each move, which is fascinating to watch, and to understand how a mind of a grandmaster works.