Show HN: CodeMic

Show HN alert: CodeMic just dropped a way to watch and replay real coding sessions right inside your editor, synced to voice, video, and images. Think “pause-and-cook,” but for code — stop, run, and tinker as you watch. It’s open source, currently for Microsoft’s VS Code (a popular coding app), with dreams of “record once, replay anywhere.”

But the comments? Pure theatre. One camp cheered the craft. A skeptic popped in with a spicy “haven’t we seen this before?” and even linked a prior HN post, before conceding they tried it and “it works.” Another user applauded the short, crisp demo and the fact it’s open source with a GitHub repo — a rare internet day where shipping beats sniping.

Then came the culture war: a commenter declared that modern “coding” is just telling an AI assistant what to do, predicting humans typing will be as rare as fixing ancient machine code. That ignited the vibe: is CodeMic a love letter to human engineering, or a nostalgic mixtape for a world already run by bots? Meanwhile, the thread cracked jokes about future Twitch “ASMR coders” whisper-typing and scrubbing timelines like DJ programmers.

Verdict from the crowd: It’s slick, it’s real, and it might be a sanctuary for folks who still like to learn from humans — even as the AI tide rises. CodeMic didn’t just ship a tool; it accidentally lit up the “human vs. robot” debate, again.