3 ms·
The ability to read code doesn’t decay at nearly the same rate. Neither does your experience.
by borski 5mo ago
The ability to read code doesn’t decay at nearly the same rate. Neither does your experience.
- LAC-Tech 5mo agoI review every diff the clanker makes. After a few hours of this I still look at the codebase and think "wtf is this?". I think writing the code is a very important part of understanding it. LLM driven development is like doing maintenance programming from day one.
- sevenseacat 5mo agoI've used that as well, it's like starting with a legacy app every time.
- 4ndrewl 5mo agoI read plenty of books, but I'd struggle to write one because that's a different skill that I don't have.
- borski 5mo agoI’m not entirely convinced that’s true. Is there evidence that someone well-read would also be a bad writer?