I've been hoping for something like this!
Watch other people code
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#92I'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…
I think all you need are good channel descriptions, that way a novice who knows a little Python can choose to watch a stream of someone with 3-4 years Python experience rather than someone with 20 years of C experience doing linux kernel hacking.
This is a good addition.
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#93Am 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'
The point isn't to sit and watch a 10-hour coding session. Even if such lengthy things are available, I imagine the most benefit would come from just watching a random 5 minutes of a bunch of different people's styles and learning from their basic approaches.
I agree. I don't think people will watch to learn specific solutions but rather they'll watch to get a general feel for how to approach something.
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#94I'm getting really excited for this type of thing.
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#95I think Notch of Minecraft fame has given this sort of thing a spike in publicity.
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#96I watched a little bit of Notch's thing, it was fun. And for a more in depth topic, it could certainly be a great way to learn. On the other hand I've come across 1-2 minute YouTube videos several times when googling how to use some specific API call, and I find it aggravating when all I really need is one little code snippet. I know how to type or copy 'n paste. I don't need to watch someone else do it. All I want m…
I can definitely see this as more of a 'watch me code something cool' idea rather than wanting to learn how to solve a specific problem. A lot of the benefit of being able to watch the streams is to see people get their questions answered during the cast, that relate to what the caster was broadcasting at the time.
Yes the interaction between coder and viewer is a potential goldmine.