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Why Some Developers Are Live-Streaming Their Coding Sessions

Posted by timothy on from the look-at-me-look-at-me dept.

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."

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  1. one person != some developers by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Informative

    nobody cares about what one guy does.

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    1. Re:one person != some developers by franzrogar · · Score: 1, Informative

      nobody cares about what one guy does.

      Unless that one guy is going to detonate a bomb; or start shooting in a school; or similar.

    2. Re:one person != some developers by JestersGrind · · Score: 5, Informative

      He's not the only one. A programmer named Casey Muratori has been coding a game from scratch for months. He streams on Twitch and posts them on YouTube. I've watched some and it's really interesting to watch him go through his thought process. https://handmadehero.org/ There are others on Twitch as well.

  2. Re:No surprise here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The old favorite Rubber Duck Debugging...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging