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These people reap the greatest benefit, because they are least familiar with the codebase and get the most out of having the computer check their changes make s
by tom_ 8y ago
These people reap the greatest benefit, because they are least familiar with the codebase and get the most out of having the computer check their changes make sense.
- franciscop 8y agoTotally agreed. I'm not saying that they would not get benefits! I'm just saying there's also a cost and that might be the difference from someone continuing learning or giving up.
- tom_ 8y agoI was assuming professional programmers with at least some experience - the article is about the toolchain in use by Airbnb.
- cellularmitosis 8y agoI’m not sure. A newbie experiencing a truly interactive REPL-style environment might be way faster than being stuck in an edit-compile-debug loop.