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Ask HN: Using Cheat Sheets
I was curious to find out how many people use (printed) cheat sheets on a daily basis for developing, perhaps in languages they are not so familiar with. Do you think it's a sign of ineptitude or is it just being resourceful? Would love to hear your thoughts as someone who is comfortable with concepts but forgetful of syntax.
- ushi 15y agoi am faster with google. There is no Ctrl+F on a printed cheatsheet. Looking things up is no sign of ineptitude, nobody can remember everything. The question is how to look things up most efficient.
- bdwalter 15y agoI don't use printed ones, but I do maintain a personal wiki where I keep all of my documentation over the years. It's extremely useful to be able to search my cheat sheets across my history.
- pajju 15y agoWhatever I learn I keep using them often, making a habit.
- DaveChild 15y agoI use them a fair bit. Enough that I released a set of them on my site ( http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/ http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/ ) and then made a site for other people to build them ( http://www.cheatography.com/ http://www.cheatography.com/ ). :) Certainly not a sign of ineptitude. For me, they just save me the time it takes to go to a manual to look something up. I've got a couple on my desk at the moment, for SVN (weening myself off GUI tools) and one for VI.