On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 03:02:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/15/2023 6:49 AM, Monkyyy wrote:
>> By all means fund and promote *live coding* or teaching videos if you want to outreach, but shitposting on twitter wont do anything of value
>
> Mike has also suggested I do some live coding videos.

That would be awesome! I'm sure many people would find it very interesting to see how you work - both your approach to solving problems and day-to-day techniques like your own Micro Emacs D editor.

On 4/18/2023 6:36 AM, Petar Kirov [ZombineDev] wrote:
> On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 03:02:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 4/15/2023 6:49 AM, Monkyyy wrote:
>>> By all means fund and promote *live coding* or teaching videos if you want to outreach, but shitposting on twitter wont do anything of value
>>
>> Mike has also suggested I do some live coding videos.
> 
> That would be awesome! I'm sure many people would find it very interesting to see how you work - both your approach to solving problems and day-to-day techniques like your own Micro Emacs D editor.
> 
> 

I'm just afraid it will consist mostly of me staring at the screen with a baffled look.

On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 20:07:43 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I'm just afraid it will consist mostly of me staring at the screen with a baffled look.

I think that's 99.9% of programmers.

But think of it as rubber duck debugging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

I think that having to explain your actions makes one a better programmer. It's kind of like PR reviews except it's live.

It's similar to documenting code. If you document your API or code and realize the explanation doesn't really make any sense then probably the code doesn't make any sense. So it's time to rethink that piece of code.

On Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 20:07:43 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I'm just afraid it will consist mostly of me staring at the screen with a baffled look.

Do not let that discourage you, I think you should do the coding videos. I feel there is a lot of potential value in it.

During the last few years a new niche has cropped up on YouTube, where people record and upload there full programming sessions. Don't worry about "dead air" or about stuff not working out. The video production is not where the value is, the value is in exposing the raw thinking & problem solving process. People who have experience often end up cutting out a lot of things, due to it being obvious to them.

Whats unique to this style of video is that its up to the viewer to decide what takeaways are useful. This often means the a single video can be good for people at all levels.
I have also noticed that this kind of videos help get beginners out of tutorial hell.


The reason you should do it, is because you are one of few in a unique position to make the most impact, Who else is THE authority on D?
Andreas Kling is responsible for onboarding many people onto C++ through his videos on YouTube.

In the worst case if this is a bad idea, this will cost the overhead of setting up a recording and uploading it online, the content of the video is the work you would be doing anyway with you simply vocalizing your thought process.

You make a good case. I'll think about it.