On a desktop browser, tap YouTube's "show transcript" and "hide timecodes", then copy-paste the whole transcript into Claude or chatgpt and tell it to summarize with whatever resolution you want-a couple sentences, 400 lines, whatever. You can also tell it to focus on certain subject material.

This is a complete game changer for staying on top of what's being covered by local government meetings. Our local bureaucrats are astounding competent at talking about absolutely nothing for 95% of the time, but hidden is three minutes of "oh btw we're planning on paving over the local open space preserve to provide parking for the local business".

Jump in and start coding entire backend with stack not best suited for job and modern AI tools: most likely future hours lost.

Spend 1.5 hours now to learn from an experienced dev on a stack that is better suited for job: most likely future hours gained.

1.5x and 2x speed help a lot, slow down or repeat segments as needed, don't be afraid to fast forward past irrelevant looking bits (just be eager to backtrack).

Ask an LLM to transcribe and give the overview and key points

People find time for things they seem important to them.