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There is a game developer on twitch that uses his VODs (video replays) as a versioning system as he doesn't use anything. "Wait, what and why did I do this? Lem
by thinkingemote 9y ago
There is a game developer on twitch that uses his VODs (video replays) as a versioning system as he doesn't use anything. "Wait, what and why did I do this? Lemme look at yesterday's vod".
It suprisingly works quite well and is more entertaining for the viewers to see what and how bugs get introduced.
- nine_k 9y agoThis is a nice circus trick. I wonder if it helps productivity, compared to a VCS. And help it definitely can. For some people, pictures and motions are easier to remember and reason about, even in such a text-heavy area as writing code.
- stctgion 9y agoSorry are there actually developers who don't use VCSs in 2017?
- tokenizerrr 9y agoYup. And it horrifies me every time.
- tenpies 9y agoIf he's verbalizing his thought process it might actually be better than the average comments you get on code. Might actually have to play around with dictating what I'm thinking at key points in the process.
- mdmnk 9y agoPush-to-talk helps a LOT. When I first started streaming I would just have a running stream of consciousness filled with lots of "uhhhhhh" and swears. Using push to talk helped me become more conscious of when I wanted to speak and since then I've gotten better at self editing and don't have to use push to talk as much.
- mahyarm 9y agoI sounds like a useful super-blame, but I would still use a VCS. It's so easy!
- lotyrin 9y agoI wonder if the VOD URIs are consistent enough that you could automate adding a link to the VOD+timestamp to your git commit descriptions...