Tiny mindset shift made learning to code absurdly easy

I was trying to learn to create animations using a Python library called Manim. This video is about how I did it and one subtle mindset shift that helped me learn to code more easily.
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[@RedBearAK]

I have noticed many times that I don’t actually understand something until I try to explain it to someone else. So I started spending a lot of time explaining things to myself to encourage my own understanding. It is remarkably effective.

[@MichaelSmith-rn2vk]

Rubber Duck Coding ftw

[@orangeepants]

Synthesis!!

[@justinava1675]

It all comes down to iq.

[@seabassmoor]

@@justinava1675no shit

[@jackcarpenters3759]

This is a well known study method and actually researched, i think it scored first or second. So yeah keep doing it.

[@5cG001]

I love how this guy, unlike other youtubers, focuses on improving the next video that he posts. Ive seen youtubers where their first few videos are straight up better than their recent ones. He also doesn't waste time at the start with a crappy intro animation, he doesn't summarize the video, he just gets straight to the answer / discussion.

[@5cG001]

also this guy is the king of rickrolls lol

[@TheHashCrackingSlasher]

This is a fairly common method in the programmer/software engineer world quite aptly named Rubber Duck Debugging, you have a cute lil rubber duck (or anyone or anything really, ducks are just cute) and you use that to then explain the code line by line to the duck. As you talk a topic through with someone, your brain makes connections and reinforces what you learned thus making it far easier to recall later and strengthens those connections and allows you to figure out most of the time where your code fails, thus debugging it.

[@LakayFTW]

For our final exam a friend and I build a repository on github explaining nearly every topic we learned over the past 3 years. After that i understood so many things better than before.

[@za_izhar]

Can you please share the repo 😋

[@LakayFTW]

@@za_izhar Unfortunately it is completely in German. I thougt about translating it but i havent had the time to do so.

[@za_izhar]

@@LakayFTW np, thanks!

[@richardeadon6396]

@@LakayFTW Can you share it anyway?

[@idefkicabti4141]

Yoo, link?

[@slygg]

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

[@silasrock4663]

Thank you for not making this a 10 minute video!!

[@nirnullz]

It’s like feynman technique

[@AdanGiuseppeGonzalezDangelo]

I was gonna give a like, but bro, it's on 69

[@kimmiekimmie82]

it's not "like" it, it actually is it

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

It just is.

[@gamepadcoder]

Summary - Feynman Learning Technique 1. Select a concept to learn. 2. Teach it to a child. 3. Polish your understanding, find missing pieces. 4. Refine your notes and make them even simpler. Repeat.

[@runicthor4105]

Well that’s because it’s called the protégé effect/teaching effect. Look into it, it’s a very useful practice to know for learning. The Feynman technique makes use of the teaching effect.

[@s.sunhaloo]

For me the best way to learn coding / programming is to first watch a little tutorial video and then if I need any more help while I am coding is to look directly at the main documentations.

[@dev_ression]

Great concept bro. This shift in mindset has helped me 10-fold throughout my programming career!

[@emirhangul613]

This video reminded me when I had done some animation a while ago on after effects and had some difficulties. When I tried to solve my problems, I acted like a teacher and it helped a lot.

[@knightd8233]

loved the outro. also respect that you get straight to the point.

[@bogxd]

Cheers!

[@knightd8233]

@@bogxd subbed :) cheers bro.

[@yonata84]

I can see that your content has the potential to improve even further in terms of technical aspects such as animations, b-roll shots and scriptwriting. However, even as of now, I am thoroughly impressed with the way you present your content - it is straightforward, concise and clear. Your presentation skills are amazing! I initially came across your channel for a mouse video, but I am so thoroughly hooked that I will rest subscribed to your content in the future.

[@solidPEARyaBOI]

I'm not sure if you are aware, but what you just figured out is basically the Feynman Method. I've also been studying like this since high school and it has made learning anything a breeze. I usually speak outloud to myself as if im teaching. Great video!

[@chrishamilton1728]

This really resonated with me. I am a programmer and whenever I learn something new I imagine myself explaining it to someone else in the simplest way possible. This is because I enjoy helping others and want to prevent people from going through the same struggles I did. This usually leads to me looking deeper into topics as I realize I can't fully explain them. The thing is it's pretty rare for me to teach people since I don't have anyone under me. So I kind of wrote this off as some weird fantasies I have while learning. Good to know this is actually a useful method to consolidate knowledge.

[@nerufps]

I love this slight mindset shift and explained why some concepts would stick when I would try to explain it myself or when I'm "teaching" it to myself. That's why when I try to explain ideas to my friend it would stick to me.

[@TechnikTapes]

i really enjoy your videos. the personality you bring to your videos and there is a lot a i can learn from. Your channel feels like a essay/Blog and i like that. Keep it up, im sure your channel will blow up... evetually hihi

[@overclucker]

I write myself tutorials every time I take something new. I had to because I found out that I've forgotten more than I know about programming. I was relearning c++, and when I had enough proficiency to feel confident, I stumbled on my old projects and was shocked and embarrassed at the level of skill compared to what I currently had. The same thing occured when I started writing elisp again. Now I have guided that help me quickly implement libraries and principles that I'm foggy on.

[@user-zb6ub1rh9e]

Love your straightforward content bro, i was just gonna ask you to add more animations in your vides, hope to see more of these implemented in your next few vids, hope your fingie gets better :)

[@jayocaine2946]

Wow i'm really lucky, I had this mindset going into programming off the bat

[@runosounds]

Goated video thanks for sharing these lessons. Impressed with your resolve. I would be tempted to try this tool for myself if it weren't for the fact that I've been using After Effects since like 2013.

[@rekon4100]

Ayo lovin your content recently .Keep up the good work

[@bogxd]

Ayo, thank u!

[@rekon4100]

@@bogxd I totally agree on this just a simple mindset change really goes a long way

[@tomaiii8134]

i hope ur finger heals Bog, much love, ur videos rl put a smile on my face :))💜

[@bogxd]

💜💜

[@Panvi10]

lol @@bogxd

[@danielheredia8890]

Amazing! Thank you so much for this insight

[@aernan]

I love this hack and have been using this for years.

[@regisdrift]

Good point, will try that for sure

[@pogo55555]

So true. Teaching teaches the teacher.

[@t6hp]

This was helpful, thank you.

[@logosking2848]

Making a video where you explain how you ended up rediscovering the Feynman technique and getting 100k views is sort of impressive in a way. The reason you couldn't find many tutorials is that what you wanted to do is learn to paint in the Baroque style. Then you notice all the tutorials require that you already have some understanding on how to paint, and basic stuff like perspective. You should have learned to paint beforehand(learned python) so that you can understand the concepts being presented. No one is going to also put in a painting tutorial because there's a bazillion tutorials, courses, IRL teachers, actual classes at schools, etc that will teach you the basics. If you understand the basics, replicating a particular style really just takes dedication and a good understanding of the style itself.

[@smmahdiiqbal]

you will be famous man. love yyou broo

[@ygreq]

I always have the teacher mindset when learning smth. And actually write a tutorial for myself while I'm at it

[@jmoirnz]

what a brilliant tip! thank you for sharing! 😎

[@bogxd]

Cheers! Thank u for watching

[@jakeed09090]

Yoooo i subscribed as soon as i saw that dope ass square lmao nice dude

[@bogxd]

lol

[@Auatino]

Love the hands 🙌

[@MTech12990]

The content is fireeeee bruh!!

[@MTech12990]

let me be the first person to ask this what happened to ur finger??

[@iliyastefanov312]

I am addicted to your videos

[@bogxd]

ayeee, that's nice to hear

[@HansBaier]

Teaching is one of the most effective ways of learning

[@Manhunternew]

Dude 4 minutes for this wisdom I already knew, I guess you know your youtube stuff cause I kept watching

[@D3Z3R7]

"I immediately hit a wall during the installation process" Python confirmed. Nice video. It seems there are two sides to the phrase "those who can't do, teach": a negative one and a positive one.

[@youwontfindmeanywhere]

so use teaching as learning, thank you

[@sulanec87]

I've never seen such angular hands before👌

[@bogxd]

xd what do you mean by angular

[@AlwafiCharki]

​@@bogxdhe means this 3:39 You lucky man

[@bogxd]

wait I still don't get it pls explain xd@@AlwafiCharki

[@madebyriteshnayak]

i love your videos 😄

[@shankysays]

this is what is called feynmann technique. take any concept and explain it by breaking it down to simpler level so that even a high school student can understand it. for example if im teaching neural network, i will tell then anout integration and will break down integration and maxima minima to high school level maths using which integration is derived, integration is added addition and maxima minima are when slope =0. all these can be explained via high school maths. then build concept back up to neural network. feynmann technique

[@yesyes-uf1si]

hey! love the video. What wallpaper do you have on your MBP? I would love to have the same one!

[@bogxd]

Hello, it's from my wallpaper pack - store.thaomaoh.com/b/twirl

[@ToadyEN]

It's called the Feynman technique :) This video reminds me I need to start doing this with things I struggle to learn. Great video!

[@bogxd]

Cheers!

[@henrikstromberg2572]

It's sometimes called the Feynman Technique.

[@_zjp]

you independently rediscovered the feynman method lol (unironically congratulatory)

[@blackerhawk1508]

1:00 just use docker 🐳 3:23 I write notes as an attempt to try to teach the future me, who will forget what I know right now.

[@ivanjermakov]

"There is no better way to learn than to teach"

[@mernakay]

Nice vid again

[@s0kulite]

NICE!

[@shraddheshpatil3874]

Can you make a tutorial 😮 I wanna learn it seems Interesting

[@dxmascus]

timestamps start: 0:00 end: 3:55 making a discord server would greatly improve your channel ngl

[@bogxd]

Not gonna lie, I've been putting this off for a while now, ok ok, sell me on it, how would it improve it

[@SoyFaii]

a classic, it never gets old

[@sego.]

Definitively the Feynman technique

[@cxarra]

I feel like it primarily reduces to a motivational perspective shift. Am I motivated to expand my knowledge on some topic? Maybe not as much as I might be if I felt, through a subconscious placebo or otherwise, obligated to teach the same topic to someone else.

[@chandra11116]

Thanks!

[@bogxd]

Oh damn, thanks for the Super Thanks!

[@eugenn2848]

Isn't it just easier to use Adobe After Effects or Apple Motion to create animations like that?

[@justgivemeanumber8215]

I realized a few days ago that I need to appreciate the slow slog of building something. I natively want to be good and fast. But I should care about the end result, instead.

[@hckytwn3192]

What you discovered is called the Feynman Technique. 🙂

[@kamm3021]

Nice

[@loldoctor]

As a teacher, I think explaining things reveals the gaps in our knowledge because most things in life only stick with us insofar as they serve a purpose. You learned how to make a square because you wanted to make a square, even though the tools you used to do so have many other functions and rely on more fundamental processes that offer still further possibilities. When you try to teach something, you're no longer looking at a tool or concept as a means to the end but rather as an end in itself. Instead of asking how to draw a square, you have to question why it is that a particular tool is useful for drawing a square, which in turn raises the question of how it's even capable of drawing a square, which in turn leads to the question of what else it might be used for. At which point you've led yourself into uncertain territory that you didn't understand, or didn't know, because you never had any reason to. Teaching gives you that reason and thus a direction to learn more. Of course, a narrow or incomplete scope of knowledge is all that we ever need in most areas of life, and it would be silly and insane to try to know everything deeply and intimately. You don't need to understand the intricacies of grammar to speak your native language, nor the precise behavior of words to put them to use. But if you want to teach that language, that understanding suddenly becomes more important because it becomes the point. Ultimately, the goal of explaining or teaching is no different than the goal of drawing a square, insofar as the pursuit of that goal leads you to further, deeper, and more thorough knowledge and understanding.

[@jadonculp]

There's a method for this: Hear See Do Teach

[@tswdev]

Hi, I got access to Udemy via work, but your course doesnt seem findable from there. Is there anything you need to do to enable that? I'd love to show my support.

[@bogxd]

Hello, I have it enabled but I think they don't select every course to go into their business program :(.

[@greggwayling7580]

Kinda reminds me of Richard Feynman's technique.

[@NormieDead]

please make a video on Video -editing too. im strugggling in video editing too much

[@bogxd]

Uu, can you tell me more specifically what you are struggling with?

[@NormieDead]

@@bogxd just start how to get "STARTED", with like OBS too! also im using Linux/gnu i mean ARCH(btw)

[@bogxd]

​@@NormieDead I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit (which isn't on Linux ofc) so tips from me might not be the best fit xd. But in terms of OBS, in the output settings I set my recording format to mp4, video encoder to x264 (which means it will use the CPU to do the recording), then rate control to VBR, bitrate to at least 30000 (the filesize will be larger but the quality will be better the higher the number), CRF to 13, and CPU usage to "faster". That's all in the output settings and the "recording" tab. Also, choose "advanced" at the top for these settings to appear. If you have a slower PC you might want to set the video encoder setting to NVIDIA HVEC I believe or AMD HW (which will use your graphics card to do the recording). Idk if this helps, let me know if u have any other questions, I'm happy to answer.

[@MaitLember]

⏳ Discovering Python code behind captivating math animations led to a mindset shift in learning to code. 00:00 Grant Sanderson created captivating animations using Python code. Realization of the 20-hour rule for skill acquisition inspired the speaker to learn coding. 🚀 Overcoming challenges, self-learning coding, and applying knowledge in KZbin videos. 01:21 Struggling with lack of tutorials for beginners Piecing information from various sources to create simple animations Progressing to making more advanced animations and seeking help when needed 🧠 Teaching accelerates learning and understanding of complex concepts in coding. 02:39 Teaching others helps to solidify understanding of new concepts in coding. Creating lessons on unfamiliar topics forces learning and deepens comprehension. Ability to teach beginner-level topics demonstrates understanding and learning capacity.

[@markhor9863]

there is some deep psychology going on here.

[@seandougherty3022]

rad video. would you mind enabling this for udemy business? I was going to sugggest this to my team at work since have udemy business accounts....sadly no dice :( "The course is not included in the Udemy Business content collections."

[@bogxd]

Thanks! I have it enabled. I think Udemy just might not have selected to be in the business content collections. It's also available on Skillshare, if that makes a difference.

[@AndreFelipeF]

nice job!!

[@AndreFelipeF]

also, great storytelling

[@bogxd]

Cheers! 🫡

[@saurabhbisht5432]

the outro 😂

[@Foused87]

How much you made out of course?

[@Nerd-nl6zv]

great story ca you make your own portfolio

[@mr5trm]

hi, what's an editor at 2:26?

[@bogxd]

Google Docs

[@user-ec9wt1wy5q]

I can not open link with course

[@alexdefoc6919]

CodeBro python full tutorial is really greau

[@cf1586]

you have theater kid hands

[@octopusonfire100]

You think you hate videos with misleading titles, but you don't hate them enough

[@markfreakfuse]

As a spanish it gets me nervous your hands barely move while you speak😂

[@Adiu72]

Incredible. Talking hands.

[@abdirahmann]

i thought you were holding a phone in the thumbnail, it was bizarre when the illusion suddenly disappeared and there was no phone to see 😅😅

[@bogxd]

lol

[@mr.epiphany9257]

nice hands dude

[@pranitmane]

Did you sell that course or not?

[@bogxd]

Yeah, it's on Skillshare, I linked it in the description

[@mloskot]

“If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.” - Yogi Bhajan Congratulations!

[@claytonbennett7797]

"because I am a money wh-ore" Heh

[@rich1051414]

“If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, then you don't understand it yourself” - Albert Einstein

[@threadhazard]

dude i cant even figure out how to find the question that gets me the answer that gets me the first line of code.

[@ccriztoff]

Rubber ducky technique

[@sleepybraincells]

This sounds similiar to the Feyman technique, except it's more about the mindset of learning to teach, rather than the action of teaching.

[@Sonnell]

But this is the basic concept behind any school assignment... To write an essay about something or to create a presentation, you need to understand the subject first.

[@mainShreya]

Money Whore :) what a way to describe it. the video was so fun to watch and straight to the point.

[@bogxd]

xd cheers!

[@AndreFelipeF]

by the way, what happened to the finger?

[@bogxd]

I actually got it on video, here's what happened - kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@TheRoyfer]

SHIT@@bogxd

[@typescriptuser]

@@bogxd I just watched the video. I'm so sorry to hear that.

[@bogxd]

lol@@typescriptuser

[@watchdoge6464]

​@@bogxd of all the places, didn't expect it to happen in this one

[@matt92hun]

Like rubber duck debugging, but with humans.

[@vali69]

Oh yeah like that thing in clean code where you try and explain your code to a rubber duck.

[@pastaleshta]

0:42 leaving the mouse cursor in the view irritates me :d

[@Panvi10]

rip finger lol

[@patto2k358]

Dunno about this hands talking to me thing

[@TristanBurgener]

hope your finger feels better

[@effeKtSVK]

1:12 that’s because you used Windows instead of that MacBook you’ve got sitting right there :)))

[@blasandresayalagarcia3472]

People tend to not read the documentation and go straight to the video tutorials. 7 times out of 10, theres things in the documentation that just make everything click that arent in that one example in the video.

[@threadhazard]

how do you read the documentation

[@alvaroalvarom]

I changed recently from Android/Microsoft to Apple after 15 years using the same OS. Drastic change, new laptop and new IPhone I’m very new to Apple and I’m struggling with a few things but it’s about learning. But there is one thing that it is really annoying me, when I use the Mac plugged to the official charger included I receive electric shocks from the laptop. The worse thing is that I researched and apparently is something that happens to more people, and Apple knows this and the only solution is buying another charger, because the one they include doesn’t have earthing system. Have someone heard about this or have the same problem? Can you use the laptop while charging without this problem? I’m using the MacBook Air M2 15”

[@vacc1001]

I just don't understand how any of this is relevant to this video. Why the f do you think this was the right place to ask this question? I know the solution to your problem but I'm not gonna write it her just cos you asked it somewhere completely random!