How I went from making coding tutorials to thirst traps

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[@bicboi9006]

“Thinking about the wrong python” 💀

[@JRAS_]

Ben in his resume: - Full stack developer 💪 - Big time KZbin content creator 🙏 - React lover ❤️️ - Tiktok hunk 💋

[@leofonseca8144]

You forgot brogurt supply services. 🤰

[@saifullahrahman]

-sworn enemy of Angular

[@edwardmacnab354]

show boater

[@Amandaaaaaa123]

@@leofonseca8144 BROGHURT

[@pratyakshyt]

@@leofonseca8144 🤣🤣

[@SasukeGPA]

I hope you realise most of us were COMPLETELY UNAWARE of this. I laughed out loud.

[@johnsleftthumb1755]

ironic considering i was COMPLETELY UNAWARE he had a youtube channel until today

[@frostisablindman]

@@johnsleftthumb1755 ok

[@dailydoseofhalal6767]

@@johnsleftthumb1755 ok

[@dontmindme8709]

As a result of not having TikTok, I only found out about this now. I don't know what to say… I had never expected thirst trap coding to be a thing. Well done Ben!

[@pac4games253]

I didn't either until I found his tiktok and you should have seen the comment section. Imagine an adult content creator's comment section, but completely filled with women. It's... Really creepy.

[@Avengerie]

@@pac4games253 some would call it a dream lol

[@pac4games253]

@@Avengerie I mean yeah but overall it's very uncomfortable

[@Finepikin]

@@pac4games253 lol he is a quirky boy with the soft boy disheveled look. That’s the type of guys girls like this generation

[@nickwilson3499]

@@Finepikin time to become quirky

[@SuboptimalEng]

2020: Ben Awad 2022: Ben Dover

[@someonewhowantedtobeahero3206]

This should be the top comment

[@neatfastro]

can u explain your joke or at least the meanings?

[@bipinmaharjan4090]

wtf

[@yummyoreo]

@@neatfastro ben Dover sounds like bendover

[@notsojharedtroll23]

xDDDDDD

[@smartmademarketing4259]

How many inches long is your "code"?

[@plutopulp3716]

My code may only be 3 inches long, but a solid 1 inch wide. And yes, it passes the whole penetration test suite.

[@ryno4ever433]

@plutopulp Yea but does it have a good user satisfaction rating?

[@plutopulp3716]

@@ryno4ever433 Meh whatever... Users don't know what's good anyways. If they did I woulda reached market fit 10 years ago :P

[@frogery]

my code is wide

[@kindlehaha]

LOLMLLLLL

[@Gazzar19]

I really liked the dogehouse series, a real project with real problems and solutions + constant video updates!

[@muazahmed4106]

Plus it was open source which was the best part of it imo.

[@blazi_0]

Very very true

[@viraj_singh]

I made some friends there too

[@blazi_0]

@@khanra17 shitiest idea I've ever seen . I don't know how he is still developing it

[@yuke...]

@@blazi_0 😐

[@fishfpv9916]

I feel like there is an alternitive timeline where Ben went full thirst trap mode

[@Amandaaaaaa123]

The end of an era. I made so many friends from Ben's tiktok comment section. I was 20 at the time and compsci tiktok was really funny and carried by him

[@tkokflux6322]

@@Amandaaaaaa123 i fucking hate u guys I legit unsubbed from bens channel bc of tik tok and came back just few days ago

[@Amandaaaaaa123]

@@tkokflux6322 LMFAOOO😭😭😭😭hes not a thirst trap anymore u good 👍

[@tkokflux6322]

@@Amandaaaaaa123 bruh he may not be now but he was and I told my story xDDDDDD I was watching him 1 year prior to his thirst trap phase and when I saw those vids I was like 🗿

[@notsojharedtroll23]

Tbh, He has eboy potential 😅😅😅

[@surajnukala8139]

"people really only care about a few things and I narrowed it down to like alright they like relationships, depression and anxiety"

[@mikealejandro3938]

My wet dream would become true if Ben uploads again a fullstack course, would pay for it

[@poulticegeist]

What more are you looking for? Ben's content that's already out still feels complete and relevant

[@mikealejandro3938]

@@poulticegeist dude, do you know how many upgrades all libraries have had

[@josesoto3594]

@@mikealejandro3938 not trynna be a smart ass but if you need a tutorial for every upgrade you'll never be able to to stuff on your own lol

[@unl0ck998]

He has one already called Fullstack React GraphQL TypeScript Tutorial

[@mikealejandro3938]

​@@josesoto3594 Don't need that, just that, there aren't that many people with the knowledge that ben can deliver, i've paid courses, and, none of them have taught me so many things as the one ben did, it's like intermediate-advanced stuff, and if he does that again, it would be great to take my skills to next level, and i think that people that liked my comment agreed with what i've just written

[@fa11en1ce]

Make a full stack tutorial where you remove an article of clothing as the tutorial progresses. Bonus points if you start off wearing 100 shirts.

[@voynich7119]

I remember finding his Instagram and being flabbergasted by the amount of comments along the line of "step on me daddy". Don't get me wrong, he's a good looking guy but I really didn't expect that much thirst on the Instagram page of a programming KZbinr.

[@PGBlanks]

As a non-TikTok user who only knew you for tutorials and tech satire, this shook me when I discovered Thirst Trap Ben lmao

[@blarvinius]

That's the peril and evil of social media: it pushes us to say things that will get a REACTION, rather than saying what we want to say. I for one got a lot out of your detailed tutorial stuff.

[@anmax]

His story is kinda like nikado avocado, although not that bad

[@dugglebay3483]

There's probably a fine line between quality content and anything for views. There's nothing wrong with trying to improve your teaching skills or oratory skills to send out your message, or perhaps the purpose of the content is just to make content because you find it fun.

[@LinkEX]

@@dugglebay3483 That's the pitfall of marketing. When you're just trying to see what sticks and do whatever gets the biggest reaction, you end up doing what's popular, not what you actually want to do. And since "what's popular" is mostly superficial BS when it comes to TikTok, can't say I'm surprised he ended up stumbling along that path.

[@CarlOfHoly]

As a part of the 95% male software engineer audience I really miss the coding on this channel, but I will support you no matter what!

[@20000dino]

*Ignores that there are gay software engineers into him as well*

[@ReligiousHooker]

@@20000dino🙋‍♂️

[@mastertainment116]

Hearing all of this is crazy. I don't have TikTok so I never heard or saw any part of this. I thought you were just working on different cool projects like the NeoPets thing that looked super cool. Its wild to hear this whole other side. haha

[@scoutiano4441]

bro, I was so confused when i stumbled across his tiktok after watching his youtube videos, shit is too wild, these girls are unhinged.

[@mju135]

I gotta say one thing zoomers have on us millenials is the ability to come up with incredible terms such as "thirst trap". Amazing.

[@saqlainalvi5485]

Yeah excellent substitute for their limited vocabulary

[@micahraney732]

@@saqlainalvi5485 quite obsequious to the trite paradigms, are we?

[@saqlainalvi5485]

@@micahraney732 Don't think you quite understand what obsequious means.

[@saqlainalvi5485]

@@micahraney732 and how is the original comment trite? Technically it's not even a paradigm to begin with. Maybe an observation

[@Mr-hq6ox]

@@saqlainalvi5485 Bro's goofy 💀

[@bendotcodes]

On KZbin we like you for your personality AND your content, keep going 😁

[@bean19101]

from one Ben to another. Been following this journey for the past 2-3 years since I started my CS major in college I love every moment of this good work brother!

[@greenunitIFT]

I gotta agree with you on this one. When you do things that are aside from your main focus and make those side things your main focus, in all honesty, it's better to leave it all in the dirt. I remember seeing you on TikTok and then KZbin and it was obviously at first that you wanted to teach coding to people. And sometimes when wanting to branch out, it can be great and creative, but when it takes away from your main focus, then that's when you gotta drop it. As someone who follows you on TikTok, I'm honestly glad you left to get some fresh air and it's your choice on whether you wanna come back or not. I'll follow you on KZbin since I could learn some coding as well (Java specifically) lol. But either way, have fun and focus on what you can stick with the most.

[@itealearnscode7977]

you really encouraged me to code, not only with tutorials. Happy to see you doing what you want. so keep doing what you doing bro

[@CoryTheSimmons]

You're a real one, Ben.

[@holuhola8329]

so u are the fake one

[@alicezero146]

What a character arc summary at the end. Story's not over yet though, cheers for the future!

[@flowerofash4439]

the harem is just begun

[@thestemgamer3346]

I'm the opposite where my channel grew from memes and now I'm thinking about doing tutorials (what I originally wanted). In some ways your channel is a bit of an inspiration. I like your humour and your experience. Although I'm not really comfortable becoming too personal on my channel, at least not right now. Would be cool to see you do some tutorials time to time.

[@schrondingerbees3715]

Yo it's TheSTEMGamer

[@matheusb.dambrowski4639]

Yo I really like your vídeos! The monad one was really good, just issues with audio.

[@thestemgamer3346]

@@matheusb.dambrowski4639 I am thinking of remaking it in the future with the feedback.

[@nikomitk8091]

I love your videos and it would be awesome if you started doing tutorials

[@AByteofCode]

o.o So according to the trends I'm seeing it won't be long until I become a meme channel lol

[@xulipaTV]

Ben you are amazing, thank you for this. You inspired me to create Augmented Reality tutorials, while I am learning myself. Hope to see more content from you soon. Stay blessed!

[@Vigosuor]

Much respect to you Ben, for staying Humble and not letting all those thirst comments get to your head. Keep up the grind 🙏 💪

[@zb2747]

Glad to see you Ben - forever the 🐐 🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@alecdewitz]

How many monthly active users on voidpet?

[@dennismatsson9995]

This video is something I had no clue I wanted to watched. Love it!

[@endbringer121]

More coding tutorials man, this is what all need!

[@diete103]

I started learning react with your videos. Thanks for making great content and laughs along the way. Good luck on your new project ❤️

[@beb6c2a]

I love when i get recommended a video for a youtuber am seeing for like the first time and this is what youtube thinks I should see first

[@MihaTech]

Happy you kept your principles and freedom of creation.

[@txham]

Good to have you back Ben

[@pedromatias1]

This is hands down the best video title i have ever seen on KZbin

[@amrmoneer5881]

I actually really like videos where you troll or rant about stuff. Like the one about coding interviews for example. You talk about stuff we as devs are frustrated about and you do it in a funny and entertaining way.

[@johannes1498]

great hearing your story, you have such a fun unique personality, reallt enjoyable to watch :D!

[@dennismatsson9995]

This video lowkey ended sad af but amazing story thanks for sharing! I was part of it but from the other side..

[@stacksmasherninja7266]

You should now transition to extreme linux/free software end to cancel the thirst trap ben awad. Reject MacOS, embrace the void linux. Reject desktop environments, embrace the window manager.

[@KevinVandyTech]

I've made some of your TS and React tutorials mandatory learning for interns at my last couple companies

[@josemonge4604]

Which ones do you consider the best resources from Ben?

[@kaseywahl]

This might be the first video ever that I've clicked on primarily for the glorious thumbnail.

[@Kriszzzful]

what I loved most was the mixture of good quality content where I can learn something and the fun trolly opinions. It kinda started shifting towards pure trolling where it lost a lot of entertainment value. Like just look at fireships channel at what kind of audience you could reach. A lot of people think you need to do one OR the other as if it's something binary. Even if those lower effort vids were generating more views it was the good ratio to educational content that made it valuable in the first place

[@frederickgivens9261]

such a funny story bro, appreciate you

[@Aleblanco1987]

I don't know why KZbin reccomended me Ben Whishaw's dev cousin but I'm glad it did.

[@insideblankoutside]

It was certainly interesting to see it happening in real time.

[@casual_swag1116]

Inspiration inspiration man , your my inspiration more content please ❤❤❤

[@Th3LastGam3r]

This was the most clickbaity title with the most honest and wholesome content. :)

[@rikenm]

Ben went to an alternate timeline and came back.

[@AndyPynch]

Glad to have you back buddy

[@LachlanMiller]

"People only care about three things, relationships, depression and anxiety, and those aren't programming"

[@mo938]

Ben!!! Buddy!! Glad to see you again. I sure do like the way you hold that mic!!

[@nbishwokarma]

"People only cared about a few thing. Relationship, Depression Anxiety" -Ben Awad

[@sabbs_]

I was one of the people who would read your comments for fun and watch your TikTok growth as you appeared on my fyp every once in a while. I didn’t even know you had a yt channel until I was watching one of your code tutorials and you mentioned something about TikTok and it all clicked for me that YOU were the “hot compsci nerd” guy, and here I was, unironically watching you for compsci help

[@mikkemaenpaa]

It really made many of my days when I could just read all of your tiktok comments

[@Maazin5]

The histogram on the progress bar is the greatest feature on KZbin

[@m1kr0kosmos]

I really had a blast w u last night. That thing you do with your feet is incredible.

[@user-ov9vr1wc2j]

So interesting how your “rise” on Tiktok and KZbin was pretty intentional, so many ppl come to vitality by accident and it’s notoriously difficult to do it on purpose!

[@ashiksaleem360]

"My clothes. They disappeared." Tf give them some water

[@ronia7343]

You are alive?

[@Tory_Rainman]

That's what I said also😂😂

[@rtorcato]

I would've thought the angular team would've got to him by now

[@Mirtual]

His last video was only 2 months ago

[@aryajpegasus]

glad you're back :D my favorite coding youtubers are, - traversy media - fireship - you

[@aryajpegasus]

I went hard into typescript cuz of u and never looked back

[@beclops]

Woah more programming content coming? Why are my toes curling Ben

[@_ap__]

More tutorials/tech commentary content please

[@babanecefov9781]

well that escalated quickly

[@rampaging_teddy]

I'd enjoy coding tutorials with that dry humor that brought you here

[@sonmangaking]

Good to see u living

[@haydenlinder]

Your videos on authentication and library/framework reviews really helped me. Unfortunately that type of content won’t make much money on social media, but you could definitely monetize it on your own platform.

[@TomDoesTech]

I was literally thinking about this yesterday and what you thought about it all

[@laranjajefessor]

thirst trap A naming I didn't know I needed until I knew it existed

[@jtjt8777]

"The prodigal son has returned... gooood"

[@zeplin383]

7:14 remember your fyp is very personalized so that probably the content you interact with the most

[@AlThePal78]

That is an awesome video because I be learning how to google from it :)

[@TrainingWithKona]

tiktok is probly 90% children under 17. you made the right choice

[@Ctrl_Alt_Elite]

Lmao was wondering where you've been. This is the last thing I expected to happen 💀 sounds like an experience tho 😂

[@Name-gt3uz]

Sometimes your tiktoks would pop up on my fyp and i thought they were funny, had no idea you had 400k on youtube this is pretty cool

[@usmansbk]

Ben has reached the Bucky TheNewBoston phase...

[@Remy-lv5il]

This guy is the embodiment of not "do it for the views" but "optimize it for the views" 😆

[@utshomomen]

You are inspiring me to do a youtube channel of coding and design :D

[@seanongjoco5832]

Just looked at Tiktok Ben. Content is completely different from what I imagined. I guess, nice job for finding what tiktok is all about? Hopefully, you don't burn yourself out.

[@kennykwok]

Nice Ben, glad you didn’t end your up selling your soul. Let’s code!!!

[@abhisheksathe123]

I dont have tiktok and just found out that our boi got viral. Damn bro

[@uncle-ff7jq]

Hey, I really appreciate you making this video describing your experience. It seems like while you were making content on TikTok (which I despise) you were still making some funny jokes. It's sad how quickly people fall into making what's popular on there, especially when it's romanticizing depression etc. I've enjoyed some of your programming videos in the past, and I'm happy you've found joy in returning to that content. Good luck, and good job getting out of TikTok.

[@PeterPkp123]

I think the second video I saw from you was GraohQL crash course and that was the most enjoyable content for me. I'm looking forward to see more tutorial content ;)

[@mikealejandro3938]

You're rigth, greatest course I've ever watched

[@aj.arunkumar]

I agree with burger fpv. loved the dogehouse series

[@elisazouza]

I found you through other KZbinrs and on tiktok when I was on it

[@sanyuktakatoch1777]

the software developer to thirst trapper pipeline

[@everyhandletaken]

Can you do some short-form tuts on some of the 5.873m frameworks that have come to existence since you were out of the tut videos? Preferably with your shirt on, but I won’t unsub if it is off.

[@AlwinmathewP]

Ben post more coding tutorials about things you are interested in like elixir

[@Critters]

TikTok shows you content based on many factors, including what videos you pause on to watch or interact with. You see content about relationships, depression, and anxiety.. I see content about cars, VFX, and standup comedians :)

[@alefsdev]

Would you recommend me to learn prisma ???

[@TheXeeman]

i just have to ask, does it go in to your head? all the positive thirsty attention? i take it you never had this sort of thing growing up and now hearing all this would be sort of disorienting right? how does it feel?

[@kyawzinthant170]

That inspire me to start my coding channel .

[@blazi_0]

Open a channel and I'll be first subscriber

[@DenisovichDev]

What a journey you had Ben. I don't have TikTok so I was a bit like... What the hell. Can we please have some good ol' Ben

[@usmansbk]

I remember the Carrot Farmers phase too 🤣🤣

[@neociber24]

Is incredible how your followers can shape you. So will he change theirs followers in TikTok again or is a lost cause?

[@ahmedsaadsabit1749]

he's charming ngl

[@takeobeats]

this was a great story lol

[@itmeurdad]

That mop is thirsty for a brush young man. Totally not jealous though.

[@Cryptillian]

Good to hear you're doing what you want with you content, your tiktok comments were always absolutely off the walls and I can imagine it gets a bit draining after a while lol.

[@aminbe3960]

we need tutorials on how you are building void :(

[@heisenballs]

Ben "I like to troll" Awad