--- title: Best YouTube posts — February 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted YouTube posts from February 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2025/02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2025/02 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best YouTube posts — February 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted YouTube posts from February 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of YouTube — February 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-bad-at-data-structures-and-algorithms-then-i-did-this--0qagym05y "I was bad at Data Structures and Algorithms. Then I did this.") Video YouTube · 2y I was bad at Data Structures and Algorithms. Then I did this. Andrew shares a detailed roadmap on how he learned data structures and algorithms from scratch. Despite not having a computer science degree, he self-taught these concepts using free online resources and various courses, and now works as a software engineer. He emphasizes the importance of Big O notation, recommends resources like YouTube tutorials and certain books, and advises on practical coding practice with platforms like CodeWars and LeetCode. He also suggests using ChatGPT for additional help and maintaining a fun and consistent learning approach. 489 11 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ultimate-vs-code-setup---extensions-settings-2025-k9su1jdco "The ULTIMATE VS Code Setup - Extensions & Settings 2025") Video YouTube · 2y The ULTIMATE VS Code Setup - Extensions & Settings 2025 Enhance your VS Code workspace with the most efficient settings, themes, and 16 essential extensions to boost productivity. Customizations include interface zoom, enabling minimap, cursor animations, word wrap, and bracket pair colorization. Recommended extensions include Peacock, GitHub Copilot, Live Server, Docker, Prettier, GitLens, Import Cost, Code Runner, Remote SSH, Quokka, Live Share, Polar Code, JavaScript Code Snippets, Material Icon Theme, VS Code PDF, and Rainbow CSV. 173 10 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/i-deleted-all-my-go-projects--xrljiiw08 "I deleted all my go projects.") Video YouTube · 2y I deleted all my go projects. The author discusses their journey of archiving their Go projects, initially started to write a Docker file linter. They describe the challenges faced with Go's ergonomics and their eventual shift to using Python, but still utilizing Go for certain extensions. The post details issues with Go's runtime, specifically with maintaining multiple C shared libraries, leading to the decision to stop maintaining these projects due to inherent limitations. 58 11 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-build-a-course-platform-lms-with-admin-dashboard-next-js-15-sanity-stripe-clerk-ts--kaiofyk5s "🔴 Let's build a Course Platform LMS with Admin Dashboard! (NEXT.JS 15, Sanity, Stripe, Clerk, TS)") Video YouTube · 2y 🔴 Let's build a Course Platform LMS with Admin Dashboard! (NEXT.JS 15, Sanity, Stripe, Clerk, TS) Build a comprehensive LMS platform with Next.js 15, featuring a dynamic admin dashboard. The project incorporates Sanity for content management, Stripe for payment processing, and Clerk for user authentication. Key features include dynamic loaders, real-time data updates, customizable dashboards, and advanced search functionality—all wrapped in a clean, responsive design with light and dark modes. 55 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/10-repetitive-but-high-paying-remote-jobs-always-hiring-5hvchmigr "10 Repetitive But High-Paying Remote Jobs Always Hiring") Video YouTube · 2y 10 Repetitive But High-Paying Remote Jobs Always Hiring The most stable, well-paying remote jobs are often repetitive but can pay more than $70,000 annually. These high-paying careers include roles such as history prompt generation specialists, medical transcriptionists, project coordinators, claims adjusters, technical writers, support engineers, and more. Each job has specific tasks and required skills, with the potential to work remotely and earn a solid income. 43 4 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/scrape-any-website-for-free-using-deepseek-crawl4ai-kmwlajmxb "Scrape Any Website for FREE Using DeepSeek & Crawl4AI") Video YouTube · 2y Scrape Any Website for FREE Using DeepSeek & Crawl4AI Learn how to create a powerful AI web scraper using DeepSeek, Grock, and Crawl4AI. This guide walks through setting up a browser, configuring LLM strategies, and scraping data from websites. All source code is provided for free, allowing you to easily customize and extend the project for your own web scraping needs. 28 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-mistake-intermediate-react-developers-make-scrwfr19o "The Biggest Mistake Intermediate React Developers Make") Video YouTube · 2y The Biggest Mistake Intermediate React Developers Make Intermediate React developers often make the mistake of over-engineering by creating overly reusable components. This can create complex and unwieldy code when trying to account for all possible use cases. A better approach is to create specific components for each entity and extract shared parts into separate reusable components. 25 2 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/building-ai-agents-in-pure-python---beginner-course-zrrrp7s9k "Building AI Agents in Pure Python - Beginner Course") Video YouTube · 2y Building AI Agents in Pure Python - Beginner Course Learn how to build effective AI agents using pure Python by directly interacting with large language model APIs. The tutorial emphasizes understanding core principles over relying on higher-level tools and frameworks. Key topics covered include making API calls, structured output, tool usage, prompt chaining, routing, and paralleling API requests to build robust AI systems. This resource is suitable for those with basic Python knowledge and an OpenAI API key. 16 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-vs-go-golang-performance-only-standard-library--av9oylkpk "Rust vs. Go (Golang): Performance (Only Standard Library)") Video YouTube · 2y Rust vs. Go (Golang): Performance (Only Standard Library) This comparison examines the performance of Go and Rust programming languages using only their standard libraries. The tests were conducted on AWS m7a.large EC2 instances, measuring latency, requests per second, CPU usage, and memory usage. The findings indicated that a single-threaded Rust application handled around 1,500 requests per second, while a multi-threaded version reached 4,000 requests per second. On the other hand, a production-ready Go REST application managed thousands of requests per second using just its standard library. 15 2 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-app-development-tutorial-for-beginners-in-react-native-expo-using-cursor-ai-coding-i1ncbazjc "The Complete App Development Tutorial for Beginners in React Native Expo using Cursor AI Coding") Video YouTube · 2y The Complete App Development Tutorial for Beginners in React Native Expo using Cursor AI Coding This beginner-friendly tutorial guides you in developing a full-stack mobile application for both Android and iPhone using React Native and Expo. It covers installing tools like Node.js and AI code editors, setting up the application, creating backend services with Superbase, and integrating AI functionalities using Deep Seek. 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