Codestre.am: streaming your code to the masses(codestre.am)
codestre.am
Codestre.am: streaming your code to the masses
http://codestre.am/
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Actually they use ttyrec. And also you should always remember size of your terminal and fit it to one of two allowed sizes. http://shelr.tv/ automatically saves term size and allows records with free dimensions.
Installation instructions for shelr: http://shelr.tv/records/4f7adf9ae9f6190001000001 :)
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Also. Take a look at http://shelr.tv/
No nonsense asciicasting for serious hackers: http://ascii.io/
Very cool. Crashes in Chrome 19.0.1084.1 dev on OSX Lion after a few minutes though.
Yes, crashes Chrome, and on top of it - signups don't really work. Very unexpected low quality from LearnBoost!
Keep downvoting, but this won't change the fact that LearnBoost released something that was not ready for prime time. Also learn to read carefully before downvoting as the key word is "unexpected", i.e. I obviously like LearnBoost.
You're getting downvotes because you're complaining about an innovative, cool thing on hacker news that couldn't deal with the traffic. Just try it later.
Edit: I didn't downvote your comment.
Edit: I didn't downvote your comment.
I am pretty used to many sites not being able to sustain the HN traffic and I never commented on those, but my main point was that I did not expect a service from LearnBoost to be like that as I respect those guys.
Well, 'masses' might be overstating the market of people willing to sit through streaming terminal sessions.
Yeah. I think this might be interesting for tutelage and education, though. It makes live-programming more viable for long-distance learning and helps globalize programming.
Something like "Code Streaming for Mere Mortals", or "Code Streaming Made Simple" might seem like a less peculiar choice of words. I just envision the reactions of horror should the masses subversively be exposed to streaming code.
They'll think their computer is getting hacked, yeah. Don't want to be on the other end of that support call.
This is great. Pair programming quickly and easily over the web isn't exactly trivial right now. Good job.
Really amazing, I haven't seen something this interesting on Hacker News in a long time. Pair programming and mentorship are only a couple of low-hanging fruits this could be used for. Awesome to see socket.io at work and kudos to the team at LearnBoost.
They must be really being hit hard, my connections keep timing out. :(
Here is a quick-and-hackish way to stream / broadcast your terminal (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/6788/):
Also, I once wrote a node.js script that broadcasts recorded terminal sessions. To see a demo:
script -qf | tee >(nc -l -p 5000) >(nc -l -p 5001) >(nc -l -p 5002)
Also, I once wrote a node.js script that broadcasts recorded terminal sessions. To see a demo:
nc wei23.net 5000
Have been hoping for someone to do this for so long - kind of like casting Star Craft, but codecasting instead. Rock on!
I really like the design of the site. Clean, minimal, but still unique with lots of personality.
Looking forward to this. Registration doesn't seem to work yet.
Please add 'monospace' to the font-family declaration. The site looks terrible in Ubuntu.
Please add 'monospace' to the font-family declaration. The site looks terrible in Ubuntu.
'monospace' fallback added. Thanks!
This is so cool. I only wish the screen were a little bigger and could show all the colors.
Since node is still a little finicky, some installation hints:
- Be sure to have latest node version (0.6.14).
- Don't use -g, just 'node install codestream' instead (-g requires root and should not be used)
- The binary will then be in ~/.npm/codestream/0.1.0/package/bin/codestream - just symlink that to somewhere convenient[1]
- If you get an error try: npm install pty.js (pty.js was a missing dependency for me)
[1] The npm-dev is sadly not very unix-savvy, hence these extra-hoops
- Be sure to have latest node version (0.6.14).
- Don't use -g, just 'node install codestream' instead (-g requires root and should not be used)
- The binary will then be in ~/.npm/codestream/0.1.0/package/bin/codestream - just symlink that to somewhere convenient[1]
- If you get an error try: npm install pty.js (pty.js was a missing dependency for me)
[1] The npm-dev is sadly not very unix-savvy, hence these extra-hoops
I just pushed a new version that should sort out the dependency problems (0.1.1)
I like it a lot. Very polished (although the server is getting a bit hammered right now).
The only thing missing seems to be 256-color support.
The only thing missing seems to be 256-color support.
Just signed up, tried to create a new stream and there was no text box under "Topics". I clicked "Next" anyway and got a "Forbidden" page. Clicked back, reloaded, there was a text box there, and I was able to create a stream.
I see that I have to install node and your package, but I don't want to. I would prefer just to upload a script(1) file, since it may have been captured on a remote system at another time, or I may want to edit it to remove sensitive information. I don't know what your node script is going to send, so I'm not going to run it while I'm connected to a live system.
I see that I have to install node and your package, but I don't want to. I would prefer just to upload a script(1) file, since it may have been captured on a remote system at another time, or I may want to edit it to remove sensitive information. I don't know what your node script is going to send, so I'm not going to run it while I'm connected to a live system.
This reminds me of when the creator of minecraft was streaming a coding session via Justin.tv while he was pumping out a game for a contest.
In case you're curious, yes, codestre.am even passes the inception test: http://codestre.am/s
Very cool. I can see me using it for all things I need to remember in the future..
[1] http://www.playterm.org