Not OP (and I don't use it for this case), but I suspect that the instructional "how do you do X" videos that supplanted the "look up the blog post" of even longer ago.

"How do you start a react application" and going to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+do+you+star... (incognito or private session suggested to avoid search history getting you react application suggestions for the next several months) and watching those videos.

For many people looking for a guide, they've switched to an LLM which gives them a more tailored experience.

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faangguyindia 5 days ago | parent [-]

Exactly this! Not sure why i am being downvoted it seems people don't like me using LLM over Videos. But i've not watched a single "tutorial video" this year.

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the_af 3 days ago | parent [-]

(I didn't downvote you)

Surely "tutorial videos" are only a tiny fraction of YouTube videos? And also, some tutorial videos cannot be replaced by a textual (or even graphical) LLM description, especially if the topic being described is visual in nature and it helps to see the other person doing it.

	▲	HankStallone 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I'd think if an LLM's instructions are sufficient, one would have used a written tutorial in the past and not watched a video.