Slashdot Mirror
Why Some Developers Are Live-Streaming Their Coding Sessions
itwbennett writes Adam Wulf recently spent two weeks live-streaming himself writing every line of code for a new mobile app. He originally started to live-stream as 'a fun way to introduce the code to the community.' But he quickly learned that it helps him to think differently than when he was coding without the camera on. "Usually when I work, so much of my thought process is internal monologue," he said, "but with live streaming I try to narrate my thought process out loud. This has forced me to think through problems a little differently than I otherwise would, which has been really beneficial for me."
is that why you don't post your opinion on a public comments website?
We need a developer channel where we can watch folks code 24-7. That way when CSPAN becomes too exciting, we can tone it down a little by switching to this new developer channel.
No, it sounds like hell on the Internet. I'm sure you could get a patent for that.
Get free satoshi (Bitcoin) and Dogecoins
The quantity of profanity spewed would run past most locality's obscenity standards.
"But remember, most lynch mobs aren't this nice." (H.Simpson)
-- Joe
Really?, Is Slashdot the same as Facebook, Tumblr?
Really? Is Slashdot much different from Facebook or Tumblr? Slashdot users tend to self-select for people with common interests, i.e., nerds and geeks. People on Facebook and Tumblr, believe it or not, tend to self-select for people with common interests, or tend to get notes or be read by people with similar interests, regardless of what those interests happen to be.
Believe it or not, some of us nerds and geeks actually choose to interact via online media that doesn't happen to be Slashdot. I know, shocking, right? Now let me blow your mind even further: Maybe this guy streaming his coding sessions was doing so with the aim of educating and interacting with people who have similar interests as him - game development - and wasn't doing it out of some narcissistic desire to become the next viral Internet sensation!
I'm going to hazard a guess that you are, at the very least, in your late 30's or more, and if you aren't, that you're one of those coders who eschews anything for the dire transgression of being liked by people outside of your insular little world. As a result, you ascribe malice or narcissism to people trying to educate others about game development or coding in general, either to mask regret that you were unable to do the same in your youth, or to compensate for the bruising of your own ego by people opening the door to let the unwashed masses peek into your own little world of magic.
In any case, I'll gladly get off your lawn now, because who the fuck wants to be on it?