--- title: Best YouTube posts — January 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted YouTube posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2026/01 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2026/01 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best YouTube posts — January 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted YouTube posts from January 2026, 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 — January 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/golang-full-course-2026-5iixzwhhw "Golang Full Course 2026") Video YouTube · 31w Golang Full Course 2026 84 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-debacle-opencode-ai-coding-9xkw67enr "Claude Code Debacle: OpenCode, AI Coding") Video YouTube · 32w Claude Code Debacle: OpenCode, AI Coding AI coding tools have evolved from simple code completion (GitHub Copilot) to terminal-based agents that fundamentally change developer workflows. Claude Code emerged as a leading tool by enabling project-wide thinking and extracting tribal knowledge into documentation. Anthropic's recent ban on third-party apps using subsidized API pricing sparked controversy with open-source alternatives like OpenCode. The industry faces a critical question: will competitive advantage come from better models with pricing or better applications? With competition intensifying across both LLM and application layers, 2026 may see consolidation among AI coding tools. 37 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/seriously-watch-if-you-re-a-computer-science-student-brilliant-wfathfa22 "Seriously watch if you're a computer science student | Brilliant") Video YouTube · 35w Seriously watch if you're a computer science student | Brilliant AI tools like ChatGPT are enabling students to complete assignments without truly learning, diminishing the value of CS degrees. To build genuine programming skills, students should struggle with problems for at least 30 minutes before using AI, build fundamental data structures and algorithms from scratch, explain AI-generated code line by line, and regularly solve problems without AI assistance. These strategies require discipline but help develop real problem-solving abilities and coding intuition that passive learning through tutorials cannot provide. 37 [See all YouTube archives](/sources/youtube/best-of) ```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","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2026/01#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2026/01","name":"Best YouTube Posts — January 2026","description":"The most upvoted YouTube posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of/2026/01#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/golang-full-course-2026-5iixzwhhw","name":"Golang Full Course 2026"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-debacle-opencode-ai-coding-9xkw67enr","name":"Claude Code Debacle: OpenCode, AI Coding"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/seriously-watch-if-you-re-a-computer-science-student-brilliant-wfathfa22","name":"Seriously watch if you're a computer science student | Brilliant"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"YouTube","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"January 2026"}]}]} ```