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Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by zeta0134 on Friday July 07, 2017 @10:58PM (#14723819)
Concerning 1: My code is regularly horrible. I start any project in pure prototype mode. How quickly can I get what I want on-screen and working, so I can figure out if I actually like it enough to keep going in that direction? Once I'm out of proof of concept mode, I start working on things properly, and inevitably some horrible prototype implementation of something will survive for several months. It's always entertaining to anyone else in the room when I stumble on this, and loudly exclaim "Dear god, what was I thinking," usually followed by inquiries, explanations, and humility. Bonus points if my old code is the source of some mysterious problem that is now solved. :)

Concerning 2: I would never code something actually sensitive on twitch. Fortunately I enjoy programming video games, so I can stream that with relative safety, but I wouldn't ever stream something from my real job for example.

Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by mdmnk on Saturday July 08, 2017 @09:34AM (#14725348)
> My code is regularly horrible. I start any project in pure prototype mode

This is my preferred method of programming as well -- start with a pile of working crap and refine. order out of chaos!