How do you get into it? I think it'd be neat to try, but have no idea how I'd get going.
The Twitch "getting started" docs are surprisingly anemic. (Do they even have a growth team? This seems like table stakes.)
For someone who hasn't ever watched Twitch, and really just wants to focus on coding in a streaming context, do you have any "start looking here" suggestions?
Start messing around in OBS (https://obsproject.com) and get as comfortable as you can using it. You can compose scenes, transition between them, set up your audio and video encoding and preview everything without streaming. You can make local recordings test things like volume levels and audio sync. It's fantastic software and it's how you will operate your stream.
For programming, things are as simple as they come: Have a main scene that does display capture and perhaps overlay a camera. You can add more bells and whistles if you want; the tools are pretty intuitive. I recommend also making scenes for "Starting Soon", "BRB" and "Stream Over". Having a browser in guest/incognito mode is a good idea. Be mindful of stuff like API keys, secrets, passwords and personal information.
Once you are ready to make the leap, you can link your Twitch account to OBS and when you press "Start Streaming" you'll be live shortly on your channel.
Before you do though, you'll want to spend a little time in your Twitch dashboard to set up stuff like titles, categories, tags etc.
There is a lot more to it that you'll figure out along the line. Live streaming is an iterative process and a skill / hobby that you perfect over time. Have fun!
Excellent, thank you! Her setup looks impressive … I guess I was looking for an MVP of getting going: "You have a Macbook with a built-in webcam? You have a code editor? Great; you're all set. Now do this." This video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh5LI_d_JKM — seems like a solid intro to streaming with OBS. Will give it a shot, and will poke around the belly.io streams and see who might be good to connect with.
The Twitch "getting started" docs are surprisingly anemic. (Do they even have a growth team? This seems like table stakes.)
For someone who hasn't ever watched Twitch, and really just wants to focus on coding in a streaming context, do you have any "start looking here" suggestions?