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I use Tab completion alot. I do mostly mathematical programming, I can keep track of horrible extremely short namespaces easily and then use find and replace fe

I use Tab completion alot. I do mostly mathematical programming, I can keep track of horrible extremely short namespaces easily and then use find and replace feature to make everything nice. Even though I have no real concept for it, I just do it to make the code more similar to my colleagues. Every training I had to overcome my dyslexia was absolutely useless. Spellcheck is very important. Fonts and colors don't matter at all. Just seeing my own work after I forgot about it, actually makes me see my mistakes. This can take years, my memory is insane for my own work. You can't see mistakes, since you basically have an internal autocompletion that doesn't allow you to see mistakes or missing words. Checking the code of my coworkers is surprisingly different, I can find their mistakes quite easily. It is much more important to have goal and motivation. Don't worry about those little details, like floating letters and missing words.

kypro 5y ago
> You can't see mistakes, since you basically have an internal autocompletion that doesn't allow you to see mistakes or missing words. Checking the code of my coworkers is surprisingly different, I can find their mistakes quite easily. Sometimes I'll write something out and reread it several times fully aware that I tend to miss words or misspell things, but in the moments after I've wrote something I'll rarely find any mistakes. However, 30 minutes later after I've sent the email or Slack message I'll reread what I wrote and it's a completely different story. For some reason only then will my brain decide to actually read what was written, but by then it's too late. I had no idea this was a dyslexic thing. I was diagnosed a while ago and while I know it effects my reading ability I didn't know proofreading specifically was an issue for us.
- bqmjjx0kac 5y ago
  I don't believe I have dyslexia, but this happens to me. My trick is that when I'm doing my final proofreading, I usually adjust the size of the window to reflow the text.
  - alvarlagerlof 5y ago
    This is a good idea.

kypro 5y ago

> You can't see mistakes, since you basically have an internal autocompletion that doesn't allow you to see mistakes or missing words. Checking the code of my coworkers is surprisingly different, I can find their mistakes quite easily. Sometimes I'll write something out and reread it several times fully aware that I tend to miss words or misspell things, but in the moments after I've wrote something I'll rarely find any mistakes. However, 30 minutes later after I've sent the email or Slack message I'll reread what I wrote and it's a completely different story. For some reason only then will my brain decide to actually read what was written, but by then it's too late. I had no idea this was a dyslexic thing. I was diagnosed a while ago and while I know it effects my reading ability I didn't know proofreading specifically was an issue for us.

bqmjjx0kac 5y ago
I don't believe I have dyslexia, but this happens to me. My trick is that when I'm doing my final proofreading, I usually adjust the size of the window to reflow the text.
- alvarlagerlof 5y ago
  This is a good idea.