Yeah, I have a lot of "there has to be a better way to do this" thoughts . . . One of the aspects of software development I'm really interested in is finding d

Yeah, I have a lot of "there has to be a better way to do this" thoughts . . . One of the aspects of software development I'm really interested in is finding drills and ideas that more rapidly build the intuitive response you can trust. The tools of the craft, so to speak. There is some type of balance to be found in this space, some combination of declarative knowledge (memorization and simple application of different programming languages) and procedural knowledge (experience building up the greater piece of software from that low-level mix). Thanks for the crufty test idea - nicely sums up what I'm talking about.