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YouTube channels worth following for tech content - Zero Two - 06-22-2026
There's a lot of bad tech content on YouTube - gimmicky thumbnails, affiliate shill reviews, and hot takes for the algorithm. These are channels I'd actually recommend:
Programming and software engineering:
- Fireship - 100-second introductions to technologies done well. Good for getting an overview of something quickly.
- ThePrimeagen - opinionated, entertaining, covers vim/neovim/performance/software engineering opinions. Best when he's live-coding.
- Theo - t3.gg - TypeScript/web ecosystem opinions, honest about tradeoffs. More measured than the thumbnail style suggests.
- Hussein Nasser - deep dives on backend infrastructure (proxies, databases, protocols). Technical, not watered down.
Hardware and electronics:
- Linus Tech Tips - mainstream but the production quality and breadth is hard to argue with
- EEVblog - electronics engineering, very technical, good for learning about actual circuit behaviour
- Strange Parts - unusual hardware teardowns and projects, genuinely interesting
Linux and open source:
- Chris Titus Tech - practical Linux tutorials and tool reviews
- Dreams of Autonomy - philosophy of technology, digital minimalism, thoughtful
AI and ML:
- Andrej Karpathy - when he posts (infrequently), it's excellent. His neural network from scratch series is the best intro to deep learning available for free.
- Two Minute Papers - summarises research papers accessibly
What channels do you actually watch?