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Re:Ask HN: How to be a good programmer if you have a hard ti... by HenryTheHorse on Thursday July 28, 2016 @06:06PM (#12183554)
How do you mean "hard time reading"? Attention span problem, comprehension issues or lack of interest in reading?
Re:Ask HN: How to be a good programmer if you have a hard ti... by mspaulding06 on Thursday July 28, 2016 @05:08PM (#12183183)
Your reaction to reading is just an emotional response. You need to get over the fact that you don't like to read and do it. Eventually it will come naturally to you. That's one of the things that I learned from a CSCI professor when I was in school. Don't be concerned about your emotional response when you face a large coding problem, or any kind of difficulties. You can do it and you will if you really want it enough.
Re:Ask HN: How to be a good programmer if you have a hard ti... by GFK_of_xmaspast on Thursday July 28, 2016 @05:28PM (#12183326)
> Your reaction to reading is just an emotional response

That's certainly one claim, but on the other hand we have about a dozen decades of actual neurological research that doesn't agree with it.

Re:Ask HN: How to be a good programmer if you have a hard ti... by mspaulding06 on Friday July 29, 2016 @11:44AM (#12187574)
Then what is it? Please help me understand this research that proves my statement incorrect.
Re:Ask HN: How to be a good programmer if you have a hard ti... by PaulHoule on Thursday July 28, 2016 @05:12PM (#12183209)
Is it reading the code that is a problem or reading the documentation?
Re:Ask HN: How to be a good programmer if you have a hard ti... by gitcommit on Thursday July 28, 2016 @08:26PM (#12184279)
Change your IDE theme (dark background), change the font size, use syntax highlighting.