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Slow IDE, slow compilation, spotty Internet force you to wait and captures your attention. Slow typing doesn't capture your attention, if you touch-type. Your
by eeZah7Ux 10y ago
Slow IDE, slow compilation, spotty Internet force you to wait and captures your attention.
Slow typing doesn't capture your attention, if you touch-type. Your hands are typing while you go on thinking.
If you get to the point where typing is the bottleneck you are not thinking enough and you should be working on some more difficult problem instead.
- Swizec 10y ago> you should be working on some more difficult problem instead Building simple things that solve real problems pays really really well.
- wtetzner 10y agoTyping can be the bottleneck because your thoughts get too far ahead of your fingers. You can only hold so much in your head, so getting the code out into the editor as quickly as possible allows you to free up some short-term memory.
- collyw 10y agoA pen and paper works wonders for me. If I have a moderately complex algorithm then I usually write / draw a diagram representing how it works before trying to code it.
- jon-wood 10y agoYou've hit with the point you should be thinking while typing. For me I know someone is a good typist not if they're quick, but if they're able to type notes on a conversation they're having while still engaging with the conversation. It's a similar thing to the point when learning to drive that gear shifts go from being a conscious thought to a subconscious reaction to your situation.