I've actually thought about this. Programming isn't as well-suited for <i>constant</i> live streaming because:<p>a) The viewer can't leave the stream in the background (as you would television)<p>b) A <i>very</i> large amount of dead air where nothing is happening and the streamer needs to fill dead air. (even worse if you have to debug something)<p>c) It would require a very optimized overlay that makes it easy to see the code at sub-1080p resolutions. (almost no screencast even now does this because it impacts usability)<p>d) The presenters need to be socially engaging; given the demographics of people who are the best coders, this is not a guarantee.<p>I can work up a prototype stream layout that I might give it a try sometime in the future.
I believe a bunch of ``high-profile game developers'' like Markus Persson livestream their screens & webcams during 'crash-programming' events like the Ludum Dare. (IIRC it was on Twitch or some clone of it?)<p>One of my buddies has livestreamed last-minute web/product development right before launch of some Kickstarter campaigns (which have turned out to be really successful).<p>I know of a guy who, at least for several months, had set up his office webcam as a constant, public livestream of his desk and face as he stared programming at the computer screen. I think he might still have it going.<p>Of course these are all kind of one-off things, and I don't know of any dedicated website.
Interesting question. One thing I'll chime in with is that one indie game developer I follow on twitter (has a game on xbox one and a bunch of articles about his energy hook game because he used to work on a spiderman console game) uses twitch to stream GAME programming...<p>proof: <a href="https://twitter.com/happionlabs/status/430457251699372032" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/happionlabs/status/430457251699372032</a>
I think it's a good idea. I agree that it can be a bit boring in between the downtime like minimaxir said, but if you build a community in your chat it's not bad.<p>An example is twitch.tv/dvcolgan who is streaming at the time of this post.
There is a twitch.TV for programming, check <a href="http://coderstv.com" rel="nofollow">http://coderstv.com</a><p>I believe that is in beta, but i see this iniative with good eyes.
I actually made a small utility for this that utilizes mkfifo, script, and netcat.<p>I am thinking about making it into a web service but I don't know how.