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I used to think I needed to type faster. As I get older I spend more of my coding time on walks, at the whiteboard, reading research, and running experiments
by gdiamos 1y ago
I used to think I needed to type faster.
As I get older I spend more of my coding time on walks, at the whiteboard, reading research, and running experiments
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoExactly; it's not about the volume of code, it's about the value of it. The best code is the code never written. Reminds me of a former colleague of mine, I'd sit next to him and get frustrated because he was a two-finger typer. But, none of his code was wasted. I frequently write code, then cmd+z back to ten minutes ago or just `git checkout .` because I lost track.
- rightbyte 1y agoYe. The occassions were typing speed is even remotely important are so rare. Like, when you make a totally new file or class and need to churn out the skeleton.
- marcosdumay 1y agoProgrammers don't have to type fast, but we have to type unconsciously. Training for one of those usually also trains for the other.