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> It offered the same progressive development which is the primary benefit of live coding, but none of the fumbling, delays, or mistakes that often come with it.

Is the fumbling necessarily bad? I actually think it's important for my students to see me making "stupid" mistakes, and to see the process of fixing them. (I can see how this might be different at a conference versus a class.)

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It's nice for people like me that fear doing mistakes during talks, they may need to give at some point.

I could see myself scripting a talk and run it, while focusing on explanations.

I don't feel very comfortable getting all the attention. Having a thing less to worry is definitely adding some peace to it.

Would that not cut off the possibility of live questions? I always prefer learning from teachers who stop & start, and are flexible enough to incorporate difference from the script in their demonstrations.

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