There's a weird interpretation here that this post is the author expressing frustration with this process. I often have a similar experience and I wouldn't want

There's a weird interpretation here that this post is the author expressing frustration with this process. I often have a similar experience and I wouldn't want it any other way! This process of repeatedly asking "what is this?" just doesn't seem to come up in the same way in other languages. This gives me the ability to do some practice I wouldn't otherwise be able to do, one that often has tremendous transfer over to "real work", because I can start to see patterns and get a feel for what is really going on once I get rid of all the dull IO tedium. If you want an analogy, consider this like studying jazz or something. Sure, you could just notice a II V I progression and call it done, but if you pick away at each individual note, you can find a whole lot more going on behinds the scenes. Basically, I don't really consider what's happening in the blog post a bad thing. It just has a time and a place, and you need to be aware when it's the wrong time.