CodeMic
Dev tools
coding session recorder
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How HN took it
6 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.36.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Open sourcing the project and useful for learning
From 3 comments
Kudos for actually making it open source. https://github.com/computing-den/CodeMic Wishing you luck for this project!
Imustaskforhelp on HNLooks like a great idea, specially for learning
cgonzar3 on HNThis has huge potential as an education tool. People still have to learn how to code. A person who doesn't cannot achieve shippable products even with Claude code.
newswasboring on HN
Demo video short and clear
From 1 comment
Interesting concept, had never seen something like this. Demo video was short and to the point, well done!
exceptione on HN
Appreciation for human-focused engineering stance
From 1 comment
> A sanctuary from AI and vibe coding, focused on human engineering Big fan of this project for this reason alone. I hope over the next few years we'll see this more and more not…
mikemarsh on HN
Objections
Watching a session may not beat YouTube tutorials or books for retention
From 1 comment
I know I've seen something like this on hackernews before. SaaS for taking over the IDE at any point of a recording, just without the video. EDIT:…
Bishonen88 on HN
Coding by humans is becoming obsolete given AI coding tools
From 1 comment
Coding session these days is someone typing into Claude Code and waiting. I think this would have been a decent idea a few years ago. Humans typing code into an editor is going…
small_model on HN
Video playback makes editing recorded code awkward and edits get lost
From 1 comment
I know I've seen something like this on hackernews before. SaaS for taking over the IDE at any point of a recording, just without the video. EDIT:…
Bishonen88 on HN
Requests
Fix session not launching when opening a recording in VS Code
From 1 comment
This looks great! I'm trying to open a video to test it out. My VSCode seems to open, but the session doesn't launch. Am I missing something?
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Support for editors beyond VS Code
From 1 comment
I think you mean Scrimba. Yes, it's similar in the sense that in both tools, when you're playing back a recording, you're not looking at the code as a video. But instead the code…
seansh on HN
Questions
How to get the session to launch after opening a video
From 1 comment
This looks great! I'm trying to open a video to test it out. My VSCode seems to open, but the session doesn't launch. Am I missing something?
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Alternatives named
Scrimba
From 2 comments
I know I've seen something like this on hackernews before. SaaS for taking over the IDE at any point of a recording, just without the video. EDIT:…
Bishonen88 on HNI think you mean Scrimba. Yes, it's similar in the sense that in both tools, when you're playing back a recording, you're not looking at the code as a video. But instead the code…
seansh on HN
Microsoft VS Code Code Tour
From 1 comment
Somewhat related (and seems like a lot of folks don't know about) is VS Code's "Code Tour" feature: https://github.com/microsoft/codetour The best part is the ability to easily…
eddyg on HN
Asciinema-style recorders and Loom
From 1 comment
There are a lot of situations at work where posting a confluence page or a markdown doc on slack doesn't really get any traction, but a mob session does as you can step through…
ljm on HN