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> which speeds up development. Perhaps its because the product I work on is fairly mature at this point, but "speed" isn't something I really optimize my workf
by war1025 6y ago
> which speeds up development.
Perhaps its because the product I work on is fairly mature at this point, but "speed" isn't something I really optimize my workflow for.
It's much more important that I solve the right problem than that I solve "a problem" quickly.
When the lifetime of the code you write is measured in years / decades, saving minutes seems much less relevant.
- Naac 6y agoI should clarify that when I wrote "speed", in my mind I was thinking of code navigation. I found that tight language integration to the IDE/Editor makes jumping into new code bases in the language much easier. I've found refactoring also becomes easier. So I guess I agree with you that for the very common programming task of "Thinking about the problem" tight language integration doesn't help much. But in order for me to gather data points about the problem, I usually have to jump in and explore the code base, which is where I feel the advantage comes from.