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Typing is not the bottleneck.
by redblacktree 11y ago
Typing is not the bottleneck.
- delinka 11y agoYes, typing is indeed the bottleneck. Perhaps it doesn't add up to much time overall, but until we get brain-computer interfaces and the ability to will code or instructions into existence, I want every barrier to moving the solution from my head into the computer as small as possible. I had a very similar conversation with a colleague about UX. This one operation might not happen often, but when it does, it should be intuitive and fast. The technology is here to serve the humans.
- redblacktree 11y agoMy point is just that a programmer spends a lot more time thinking about the problem domain; how to approach a particular problem; what patterns he might use; and details about the particular solution they've chosen, than he does typing. That is, if you're optimizing typing, you're optimizing the wrong thing, and if you want to improve your ability to write software, you should instead be getting better at these other things. The typing part is good enough. Edit: Or if typing really is the bottleneck, you're a much better programmer than me.