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Commits don't even come close to capturing the amount of data a screen recording does.
by tree_of_item 12y ago
Commits don't even come close to capturing the amount of data a screen recording does.
- minimaxir 12y agoTherein lies the problem. Screen recordings aren't a concise representation of the programmer's thought processes, and it would take any viewer more time and effort to watch 15 minutes of video for a problem context and resolution than a concise 1-2 line comment summary of the code delta.
- ColinDabritz 12y agoCertainly! The compression is handy when you have it. This is why check-in comments like "Fixed bug #1234" are really frustrating. The link to the bug is nice, but out of a list of 10 similar comments, I need to find the one that say, turned on the security. I need the compression. That said, sometimes my goal isn't "find it quick", it's "understand it fully". Perhaps we'll figure out ways to understand the video in fast forward, make visualization of code change timelines, that sort of thing. But I think it's interesting to start with all the raw data and figure it out from there.