fifteen years of from scratch

15 years of From Scratch, streaming live coding performances from around the world, December 6th to 8th 2025. View line up / book a performance slot The from scratch live coding technique consists of playing live for 9 minutes starting from an empty screen. Some extra rules for the audience (if any) can include: – clap at the end – clap what something works – clap when nothing works… 15 years have passed from the first from scratch session held on December 7th at Centro Multimedia in Mexico City.

In a from scratch live coders have to: Start from a blank screen Play for 9 minutes. (On this stream slots are 15 minutes long 6 for setting up and 9 to play) Everyone must virtually clap at the end no matter the result More information: https://toplap.cat/posts/from-scratch-15-years/ https://zenodo.