Shipstreams
Consumer and social
live coding stream directory
SHOW HN2018
202points
61comments
#176of 2,155 in 2018
Top 9%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 7 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful discovery tool for finding live coding streams.
From 3 comments
It's a good discovery tool. I actually searched for devs doing live coding in twitch few days back but barely found anyone.
SoulMan on HNI find list useful, I was trying to find such streams earlier with no luck. Unfortunately I only found 2 dead accounts by searching for programming, maybe it is just I am not…
ozim on HNNice to see some manual curation in this space. For some reason, I've found Twitch's categorization of this type of stream to be challenging to find (i.e. it's under creative,…
jonheller on HN
Good manual curation of streams.
From 2 comments
Nice to see some manual curation in this space. For some reason, I've found Twitch's categorization of this type of stream to be challenging to find (i.e. it's under creative,…
jonheller on HNI streamed on Twitch for a while [1], the change they made with the categories now officially kills off programming streams and show that they don't really care about it.…
avitzurel on HN
Objections
Twitch already has a programming directory, so the list is redundant.
From 2 comments
If they're literally all on Twitch, why would I use this site instead of just searching for software devs via Twitch directly?
fenwick67 on HNGood stuff, I remember seeing Walls' tweet [0], and watching this site go up on Product Hunt soon after he finished. I do wonder though, is this a more focused version of…
cercatrova on HN
Autoplaying video is annoying.
From 1 comment
Looks good, but not a big fan of the autoplaying video. If I could click a button and start playing the video instead that would be great.
xaranke on HN
Notable streamers are missing from the list.
From 2 comments
Great idea, but none of the livestreaming coders I follow on Twitch are listed. Stephen Wolfram is a notable omission but there are some other great livestreams on Twtich creative.
rmbeard on HNWonderful, This is exactly what I was looking for a few days ago and someone already did it. twitch is primarily a place for gamers but good to see programmers. I follow Stephen…
SoulMan on HN
Requests
Search by technologies used.
From 1 comment
Feature request: Ability to search by technologies being used. eg: Golang, redis, aws, AI, etc.
maerF0x0 on HN
Add more women makers.
From 1 comment
Hi Armin, looks great! I can see this being a valuable resource for people that want to understand how great coders do their thing. I'd suggest adding Jonathan Blow, an indie…
Glench on HN
Add Jonathan Blow's stream.
From 1 comment
Hi Armin, looks great! I can see this being a valuable resource for people that want to understand how great coders do their thing. I'd suggest adding Jonathan Blow, an indie…
Glench on HN
Support other platforms like YouTube.
From 1 comment
Heya! I’m Armin, I built shipstreams.com. Inspired by Pat Walls building "You Don't Need WordPress" live on Twitch in 24h, I created this list of makers streaming their work!…
aulrich on HN
Questions
What is the appeal of watching live coding?
From 2 comments
Genuine question: What is the appeal of watching live coding? Who watches these? I'm watching code all day long, arguing about it, understanding it on my workplace, if I get…
Walkman on HNAnother genuine question: What is the appeal of streaming live coding? Why would you want a bunch of strangers watching you write? Does an audience help the process in some way,…
kbob on HN
Alternatives named
Twitch programming directory
From 2 comments
Good stuff, I remember seeing Walls' tweet [0], and watching this site go up on Product Hunt soon after he finished. I do wonder though, is this a more focused version of…
cercatrova on HNHere [0] is a list of currently live streams who have categorized their stream as programming. At time of writing, there's about 50 live streams. [0]:…
usea on HN
livecoding.tv / liveedu.tv
From 2 comments
anyone know what happened to livecoding.tv?
jaequery on HNThey rebranded to https://www.liveedu.tv/ and made a lot of product changes that make it unusable. They used to have a good community going, I streamed there for a little while…
avitzurel on HN
devstream.io
From 1 comment
devstream.io does this also. Maybe not as polished though.
wpdev_63 on HN
belly.io programming
From 1 comment
Here's another site of curated programming centered streams: https://belly.io/programming
IdiotMoron on HN