Well, memorizing algorithms lets me know what is possible sure, but memorizing the actual api methods and arguments seems like a colossal waste of time for my s

Well, memorizing algorithms lets me know what is possible sure, but memorizing the actual api methods and arguments seems like a colossal waste of time for my specific circumstances. If it’s possible in one language it should be possible in another. I haven’t ever reused _exactly_ the same stack twice in my career, so it seems hard to optimize for the exact incantations rather than lazily find out what is in the library vs community packages. Looking them up is cheap enough, and I save shower time for high level thinking about what kinds of programs could be useful.