I guess I&#x27;m in the minority in actually agreeing with the original post. I like when talks include code examples but hate it when a presenter brings up an empty SublimeText window and starts typing away. Just have it already written, show me briefly, and move on. I can understand your code snippet faster than you can type it, unless it&#x27;s horribly written or your talk up to that point has not explained things properly.<p>Which is not to say there are zero presentations that are based on live coding that are good. There may even be a few. But my experience has been most presentations that are <i>based around</i> live coding are terrible.<p>I&#x27;ve seen presentations that <i>include</i> live coding that are good, but these presentations are actually well thought out and complete, and the live coding is only a small element, and the presenter has pre-created examples that the are basically &quot;filling in the blanks&quot; on.<p>Most presenters, though, I think would be well served to stick with the standard &quot;show a snippet on a slide&quot; method.