My business partner is an exceptional programmer. He's well known in his field, so it's not just me that thinks this. Sometimes he solves difficult problems se

My business partner is an exceptional programmer. He's well known in his field, so it's not just me that thinks this. Sometimes he solves difficult problems seemingly very quickly. Sometimes he takes 5 hours to write 3 lines of code. And sometimes, he thinks it'll take half a hour and it ends up taking all day. I was talking with him about this post and he says that there wasn't any information in the post that would suggest that the poster is particularly slow. Some things just take a while. Eventually, you'll develop better instincts and form mental shortcuts and you'll get faster at debugging. Especially at debugging, which really seems like an art form to me.