Comment by satvikpendem
4 days ago
> Video is linear and demands a fixed time commitment.
Because people like video. I'd rather watch a video where the narrator shows me exactly what's happening and where, over text that I have to read. Many on HN like the opposite but don't seem to have the charity to understand the point of view of people like me.
I think this can be effective if videos are structured properly. The other day I was trying to learn Wan animate and found a comfy ui workflow that game with an hour-long "how-to use" guide. The workflow required some diffusion models that were not listed in the video description, so I had to scrub through the video to find it. I used the auto generated transcription to help me, but even that's kinda shoddy sometimes.
The official ComfyUI tutorials are great — they give you the workflow, they tell you what to download, and they have screenshots of each step of the process, and take maybe 15 mins to follow.
So I think it depends. I don't know why HN is hostile against people who prefer video, it seems like a strange hill to die on, but as with most things in life, there's nuance.
I think for me it comes down to what I know:
Do I know what I'm looking for? Do I know what I know and what I don't know about this subject? If yes, I prefer text so I can jump to whichever part I need. If not, I prefer a video walkthrough where I might learn about pitfalls, what to do and not to do. I'm open to sitting through a video if I'm learning something new.