---
type: source
title: "I've Been Holding Back on YouTube... But Not Anymore"
description: "Cole is shifting his channel from two videos a week to one high-value video a week to lean harder into his core teaching philosophy: build durable capabilities, not tool-specific skills."
youtube_id: 3Yw_Q5fd8XY
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yw_Q5fd8XY
slug: ive-been-holding-back-on-youtube-but-not-anymore
published: 2025-06-08
duration: "0:07:40"
recency_rank: 86
raw: "../raw/ive-been-holding-back-on-youtube-but-not-anymore.md"
tags: [capabilities-over-tools, channel-update, teaching-philosophy]
created: 2026-07-21
updated: 2026-07-21
---

# I've Been Holding Back on YouTube... But Not Anymore

This is a short, transparent channel-update video where Cole announces two changes: dropping from two videos a week to one, and dramatically raising per-video quality (spending 20-25 hours per video instead of roughly 10) to deliver full masterclasses on RAG strategies and end-to-end, production-ready AI agents.

He frames this as a natural progression: early on you optimize for quantity to learn fast and build an audience, but once established you shift to quality and depth. With the AI creator space exploding and splitting viewership, he wants to lean into what makes him stand out, and the differentiator he names is his motto "capabilities, not tools", warning that marrying yourself to specific software is dangerous given how fast AI evolves.

He previews the kind of depth this unlocks: a full 1.5 to 2 hour agent build that plans, prototypes, codes, containerizes, deploys, secures, and scales an agent, plus deeper coverage of Archon and the local AI package. He kicks the new format off with a local AI masterclass the following Wednesday.

## Concepts covered

- [Capabilities Over Tools](../concepts/capabilities-over-tools.md)
- [Provider Independence](../concepts/provider-independence.md)
- [Agent Deployment](../concepts/agent-deployment.md)
- [Validation](../concepts/validation.md)

## Entities

- [Cole Medin](../entities/people/cole-medin.md)
- [Archon](../entities/tools/archon.md)
- [Dynamous](../entities/organizations/dynamous.md)
- [Local AI Package](../entities/tools/local-ai-package.md)

## Key moments

- **[0:00:13]** Announces two changes: one video a week instead of two, and much higher quality
- **[0:00:41]** History: started 11 months ago, two videos every Sun/Wed 7pm Central
- **[0:01:41]** Wants to make full masterclasses: RAG strategies, end-to-end production agents, Archon, local AI package
- **[0:02:54]** Example: a 20-min agent build becomes a 40-min video showing production deployment
- **[0:03:48]** Context: explosion of AI creators splits viewership; must lean into what makes him stand out
- **[0:04:46]** Reveals the differentiator: his motto "capabilities, not tools"
- **[0:05:18]** Why tool-marriage is dangerous given how fast AI evolves
- **[0:06:18]** Describes a full 1.5-2hr agent build: plan, prototype, code, containerize, deploy, secure, scale
- **[0:07:13]** Kicking it off Wednesday with a local AI masterclass

## Transcript

[Raw transcript](../raw/ive-been-holding-back-on-youtube-but-not-anymore.md)
