Developer Tools

Veneer

Monitors your git repo and displays added/removed lines as you code. Built for live coding streams on Twitch or YouTube where viewers want to see what's changing without squinting at a diff.

Status: Mostly works Started:

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Why this exists

Live coding streams are hard to follow. Viewers see your editor but not what actually changed. I wanted an overlay that shows the diff in real-time—lines added, lines removed—so people can track along without rewinding.

Current state

Works. Used it for my own streams. Needs a code review and cleanup pass before I'd recommend it to others.

What I learned

Watching a git repo for changes and rendering them cleanly is simpler than expected. The complexity is in making the overlay unobtrusive but still readable at stream resolution.

What's next

Review and clean up the code. Maybe package it properly if there's interest from other streamers.

Focus areas

streaming developer-tools git overlay