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Dev tools · August 19, 2024

We spent the last 18 months building an interactive live video stream

Hey HN!! Many of us enjoyed the "If YouTube had actual channels" Show HN post last week. As developers of a similar project, we wanted to share our approach to building a simulated live experience. We’ve spent around 18 months working on this and have managed to add some advanced features, including content-based interactivity. We are super excited to be releasing both the live stream and the code behind it. Our idea was to combine the communal watching experience of television with the modern trappings of the interactive web. If you go to the stream, you will be watching along with everyone…

We spent the last 18 months building an interactive live video stream launched on August 19, 2024 with 7 votes, #2,085 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

Headless shoppable video platform. Contribute to james-a-rob/KodaStream development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN!! Many of us enjoyed the "If YouTube had actual channels" Show HN post last week. As developers of a similar project, we wanted to share our approach to building a simulated live experience. We’ve spent around 18 months working on this and have managed to add some advanced features, including content-based…

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