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Re: Watch other people code

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Post by troels »

maeon3 wrote: post #4

I've grown the most as a programmer literally kneeling or standing behind the shoulder of programmers with 5 to 8 years more experience than I had. Those hours I spent in that position was more beneficial than hours sitting in expensive classes, hours spent debugging, hours spent reading, hours spent building new programs... combined. The speed of great content delivery by watching someone much better than you code c…

Maybe it would be an idea to add a comment system to the viewer component. So at a given time in the cast you could put in a question, asking what the heck was the point of this or that, and someone else could answer you (perhaps the person originally submitting the cast, but presumably other people might answer as well),

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by rhygar »

rhygar wrote: post #58
tomjen3 wrote: post #15

Am I the only who loathe the current trend of posting things before they are finished? I am all for the lean approach, but this isn't a minimum viable product (that would be a player and a tagging system to find the language I was interested in) it is a website.

Unfortunately MVP is one of those terms like "pivot" that got out of control. An MVP is "the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort." http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/minimum-viable-... This is a great example of an MVP. If nobody signs up, he knows there is no demand for this pro…

Wow. Posting the textbook definition of MVP gets downvoted. The Redditization of Hacker News.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by richcollins »

AndyNemmity wrote: post #70
richcollins wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You get the emails so you can do "Customer Development". You email them back and schedule an interview to learn more about your customers. It isn't something where you say yes/no based on the number of signups.

So that's what it's been called. Lately I've been having people trying to schedule interviews with me about their service. It's so incredibly annoying, because it wastes my time, and I get to learn that they are considering charging way way way more than I'd ever want to spent, so I stop using them regardless. It's like a lose/lose scenario. I get the impression their pitching out different money numbers to try and s…

Testing pricing isn't usually a big part of interviews unless you are addressing an enterprise market. Also, Customer Development is larger in scope than pricing or interviews:

http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/11/what-is-custome...

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by tryitnow »

tomjen3 wrote: post #15

Am I the only who loathe the current trend of posting things before they are finished? I am all for the lean approach, but this isn't a minimum viable product (that would be a player and a tagging system to find the language I was interested in) it is a website.

I am relatively new to HN so I've just come to accept it, I would prefer that products were finished, but it's not too big of a deal. Plus, it might give the creators feedback suggesting they shouldn't pursue a project or maybe even that they should invest more time and resources in a project. Either way, we would all benefit from creators being more strategic in their projects.

If the market is not there, then I would hope smart people would spend their time doing something else.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by mattdeboard »

rhygar wrote: post #72
rhygar wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately MVP is one of those terms like "pivot" that got out of control. An MVP is "the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort." http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/minimum-viable-... This is a great example of an MVP. If nobody signs up, he knows there is no demand for this pro…

Wow. Posting the textbook definition of MVP gets downvoted. The Redditization of Hacker News.

This is not "a version of a new product," it is a screenshot of a version of a new product and a call to action. There is no product to evaluate minimally. Since you like definitions:

viable: Capable of working successfully; feasible: "the proposed investment was economically viable".

A minimum viable product is a product that's capable of working successfully; in this case it's one that potential customers can interact with successfully. This is not a product. This is a "coming soon" page.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by gstamp »

genieyclo wrote: post #35

Well, there's already http://showMeDo.com which is really great. Covers lots of programming and related functions like using IDEs like Eclipse and editors like Vim. There's also tutorial episodes on design like suggested by a commenter before. No Photoshop or the rest of the Adobe CS suite however, all F/LOSS like GIMP and Inkscape. I'm actually practicing by learning from Eric Florenzo's playlist on Django here[1].…

Another good option is destroy-all-software [1]. Very cheap too.

[1] https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by derickbailey »

politai wrote: post #46

just curious, why do they have a tracking gif in their confirmation email?

the creator of this site used http://kickofflabs.com to create the landing page. this service tracks how many people visit the site, sign up, open the email, respond, etc etc etc in order to give accurate and informative reports about the interest that has been generated.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by rapind »

gstamp wrote: post #76
genieyclo wrote: post #35

Well, there's already http://showMeDo.com which is really great. Covers lots of programming and related functions like using IDEs like Eclipse and editors like Vim. There's also tutorial episodes on design like suggested by a commenter before. No Photoshop or the rest of the Adobe CS suite however, all F/LOSS like GIMP and Inkscape. I'm actually practicing by learning from Eric Florenzo's playlist on Django here[1].…

Another good option is destroy-all-software [1]. Very cheap too. [1] https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts

This looks awesome.

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by jmilloy »

jqueryin wrote: post #30
localhost3000 wrote: post #28

Am I the only one who thinks this might be incredibly boring? Seriously, over the course of say, a 10 hour coding day, how many inspired, exciting, or even interesting moments are there? That is alot of 'dead air'... This feels like an Onion satire on the popularization of 'geek'

You've got to think outside of the box a bit. They could use this for remote interviews that entail live problem solving. It could really help cut down the number of candidates that require in-person interviews if they live in another state.

That just sounds like a different product. I wouldn't want anyone to be able to pop in and watch my interview.

Also, are you sure that it does already exist?

Re: Watch other people code

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Post by click170 »

My only gripe is that its not available now hehe.

I read the headline and was like "score, I want me some of that pie" and clicked on the link only to discover they aren't ready to launch yet.

Really excited though, hope it takes off for them. I think it would be a great way of not only learning to program better/differently but also to expose yourself to different programming styles.

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