January 28, 2026
Lights, camera, compile!
Show HN: Record and share your coding sessions with CodeMic
CodeMic wants to film your coding — early fans cheer, nitpick speed, and beg for multi‑cam
TLDR: CodeMic lets creators record and replay coding sessions with synced audio and video inside their editor. Early commenters like JaumeGreen applaud the idea but want speed control, multi‑camera views, and fixes for SteamOS issues—sparking a human‑vs‑AI vibe debate and a feature wishlist that could shape its future.
Show HN just dropped CodeMic, a tool that records your coding like a show: synced audio, video, and images, all replayed inside your own editor. It’s pitched as a “sanctuary from AI and vibe coding,” which instantly set the tone: humans in, hype out. But the community is already turning this pilot into a full-on season. One early voice, JaumeGreen, loved the concept (“had the same idea!”) but hit a snag trying to view a session in VSCode on SteamOS, and asked for the holy grail of watchability: playback speed control. Then came the feature wishlist: “two video sources at once”—think multi-cam coding, picture-in-picture keyboard + screen. It’s currently VSCode-only, but the team says the file format is editor-independent, promising “record once, replay anywhere.” Cue the debate: some readers are thrilled to see something unapologetically human; others are side-eyeing the anti-AI vibe and joking this could become “coding ASMR.” Meanwhile, the practical crowd wants killer editing tools (timeline, chapters) and reliable cross-platform playback more than slogans. TL;DR: CodeMic is reality TV for devs, and the comment section is already directing the episode—faster playback, multi-cam, fewer hiccups.
Key Points
- •CodeMic enables recording and replaying coding sessions inside the user’s code editor.
- •Sessions can be synchronized with audio, video, and images for richer context.
- •Playback allows pausing to run code and experiment within the editor.
- •Editing tools include timeline controls, speed adjustment, chapters, and mixed media tracks.
- •Currently supported only on Visual Studio Code; the file format is editor-independent with plans for wider editor support.