--- title: I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened | daily.dev description: A developer and YouTuber (TypCraft) shares a personal account of burning out after working 60-80 hours a week while maintaining a YouTube channel, a full-time... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-almost-quit-youtube-here-s-what-happened-xkfqonmmk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened | daily.dev og:description: A developer and YouTuber (TypCraft) shares a personal account of burning out after working 60-80 hours a week while maintaining a YouTube channel, a full-time... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-almost-quit-youtube-here-s-what-happened-xkfqonmmk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XKfqonMmK.png og:image:alt: I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened **[typecraft](https://daily.dev/sources/typecraft)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer and YouTuber (TypCraft) shares a personal account of burning out after working 60-80 hours a week while maintaining a YouTube channel, a full-time job, and raising a family. The situation worsened after a third child, AI being aggressively pushed at work (which stripped away the creative joy of programming), and eventually a layoff. After hitting a low point and nearly quitting YouTube entirely, the creator found a new role at PlanetScale as a content creator and developer educator, which supports his personal brand and channel, leading to a positive turnaround. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How I Left YouTube](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-left-youtube-vacfuqcfz) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#content-creation](https://daily.dev/tags/content-creation), [#planetscale](https://daily.dev/tags/planetscale) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-almost-quit-youtube-here-s-what-happened-xkfqonmmk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-almost-quit-youtube-here-s-what-happened-xkfqonmmk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-almost-quit-youtube-here-s-what-happened-xkfqonmmk"},"datePublished":"2026-08-05T15:05:05.269Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:33:00.403Z","description":"A developer and YouTuber (TypCraft) shares a personal account of burning out after working 60-80 hours a week while maintaining a YouTube channel, a full-time...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Lo6MSGrxEA/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Lo6MSGrxEA/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"typecraft","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"typecraft","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--iVakgkBx--/f_auto/v1728807219/logos/typecraft","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/typecraft"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-almost-quit-youtube-here-s-what-happened-xkfqonmmk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career,ai-coding,content-creation,planetscale","timeRequired":"PT15M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened","description":"A developer and YouTuber (TypCraft) shares a personal account of burning out after working 60-80 hours a week while maintaining a YouTube channel, a full-time...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Lo6MSGrxEA/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-05T15:05:05.269Z","duration":"PT15M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/XKfqonMmK","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Lo6MSGrxEA"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"typecraft","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/typecraft"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I almost quit youtube.... here's what happened"}]} ```