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It's nice for "Kyle" that he has a photographic memory to remember all the API names and incantations. Spaced repetition will not give you that. If I have to g
by gridlockd 8y ago
It's nice for "Kyle" that he has a photographic memory to remember all the API names and incantations. Spaced repetition will not give you that.
If I have to google "how do i amend my git commit" five times every month, that's actually the best use of my time. If I only need it five times a month, spending ten seconds to look it up is more efficient than making it part of some sort of spaced repetition learning scheme.
I would say the same is true for virtually all of programming. If you really need it all the time, you automatically learn it by looking it up all the time. No flashcards required. If not, just look it up. The guy with the photographic memory will always win, he'll remember it the first time. Again, no flash cards required.
- josinalvo 8y agothe question is never to beat those more gifted, and always how to approach their level. They serve as a pointer to the right direction, not as a realistic goal
- Noumenon72 8y agoActually you just convinced me that the first thing I should try this with is git. I do look up that stuff all the time because none of it makes any sense. Since I will never intuit it, I might as well memorize it. Never had this problem with Mercurial.