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Is there any evidence for or against this? Or is it just vibes?
by KingMob 3y ago
Is there any evidence for or against this? Or is it just vibes?
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoPersonal preferences don't require evidence.
- KingMob 3y agoI'm not telling the author what to do; I'm asking for the rest of us if there's any evidence one way or the other.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoYou're still asking for "evidence" for something that's purely a personal preference. I mean, I suppose you could argue that the article states that disabling syntax highlighting made him a better programmer, but asking for evidence that it actually did is silly. It's difficult, if not impossible, to truly measure how good a programmer is.
- KingMob 3y agoI'm not asking for evidence about the author. I'm asking, is there any scientific research into the matter in general? If there was any research on the matter, it wouldn't be "purely a personal preference". If the author had data about their personal productivity, they would probably have mentioned it in their blog post, no?