DevPsyche
You said it was just a hobby.
DevPsyche is a YouTube channel about the psychology of people who can't leave their tech alone. Homelabs, Linux, local AI, $400 keyboards, ThinkPads that refuse to die. Every video follows one obsession, level by level, until the reasoning stops being reasonable.
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Where most people fall in
These five have most of the channel's 1.2 million views. All five start with “Your Life at Every Level of.” We took the hint.
11:53Your Life at Every Level of a Homelab (Raspberry Pi to Rack)
13:22Your Life At Every Level of Linux (Ubuntu to Arch)
10:42Your Life at Every Level of C++
15:17Your Life at Every Level of Running AI Locally (Laptop to 4×3090)
17:05Your Life at Every Level of Networking (Your Router to the Ocean Floor)
Pick your obsession
Three kinds of video. Each one picks a hobby and asks why smart people keep doing this to themselves.
Your Life at Every Level of…
One hobby, climbed from the sensible first purchase to the part you don't mention at dinner.
- 15:17Your Life at Every Level of Running AI Locally (Laptop to 4×3090)
- 17:05Your Life at Every Level of Networking (Your Router to the Ocean Floor)
12:14Your Life at Every Level of Linux (Gentoo to Linux from Scratch)
11:53Your Life at Every Level of a Homelab (Raspberry Pi to Rack)
9:34Your Life at Every Level of JavaScript (The Language That Never Says No)- 13:22Your Life At Every Level of Linux (Ubuntu to Arch)
9:37Your Life At Every Level of Python- 10:42Your Life at Every Level of C++
15:04Your Life at Every Level of Silicon Valley Wealth
Why Some People Are Obsessed With…
The honest reasons behind a hobby, including the ones nobody says out loud at a meetup.
16:43Why Some People Are Obsessed With Home Servers? (It's Not the Money)
14:51Why Some People Spend $400 on a Keyboard (And Never Stop)
13:15Why Some People Are Obsessed With Raspberry Pi?
12:04Why Some People Are Obsessed With Hoarding Data? (And Why They're Right)
17:42Why Some People Can't Stop Distro Hopping?
20:44Why People Are Obsessed With C? (Even In 2026)
11:49Why Some People Are Obsessed With Linux?
Psychology of People Who…
Why someone refuses the cloud, lives in Vim, or writes assembly on purpose.
14:10The People Who Won't Give Up a 2012 ThinkPad
12:31Psychology of People Who Refuse to Use the Cloud
12:08Psychology Of People Who Still Prefer Unix Over Linux
9:56Psychology of People Who Prefer Vim Over Other Editors
14:30Psychology of People Who Prefer Performance Over Clean Code
12:36Psychology of People Who Prefer Rust Over C++
9:43Psychology of People Who Code in Assembly (Refusing the Safety Nets)
9:39You're Not Stubborn, You're an Engineer: The Psychology Behind Rejecting AI
12:39Psychology of People Who Prefer C++ Over Modern Languages
9:15Psychology of Struggles only “Top 1%” Developers face
11:35The Psychology of Developers Who Overthink Everything