> As you continue programming in a given language, you automatically memorize low-level things like syntax and idioms. I thought so too. Then I ended up with h

> As you continue programming in a given language, you automatically memorize low-level things like syntax and idioms. I thought so too. Then I ended up with having to write a lot of tSQL. And even though I used them quite regularly, I always had to look up the syntax for things like MERGE, or PIVOT. So I made flashcards, and it has increased my productivity enormously. Not so much because looking up the syntaxes took particular much time, but it always interrupted my train of thoughts. And before I know the syntax by heart I always felt this slight resistance to use these constructs because I knew I had to look them up and would probably make some small mistake somewhere et c.