Show HN: Watch random code typed out on an MS-DOS IDE (hackerman.specr.net)

17 points by vunderba 1mo ago ↗ HN

As a software dev, I really enjoy having live coding videos playing in the background while I work. But it's surprisingly difficult to find hour+ long videos of coding without commentary on Youtube.

What I really wanted was an infinite coding video, so I built one. Pick your IDE/monitor/ambience of choice, hit the Screensaver button, put it on a second monitor or TV, and enjoy infinite coding ASMR.

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malux85 1mo ago ↗

DJGPP (with rhide) was my first IDE, love!

nubinetwork 1mo ago ↗

One problem I can see with this is that the files are typed out, from top to bottom... People don't really code like that... They write functions and jump around between files as they add functionality...

martinflack 1mo ago ↗

Looks interesting but I keep getting "Preview error" (?)

richstokes 1mo ago ↗

Idea: Support providing it the URL to your own / arbitrary git repo, so you can see it type out whatever code you like :-)