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Re:The Lost Art of Typing Shit by Hand by cableshaft on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:14PM (#12407597)
If he ever worked with a convoluted business and data layer with about seven layers of boilerplate code that needs to be written every time a new feature is added, I doubt he'd still be singing the tune that everything must be typed. Because typing all that is a chore, not a benefit.

But that being said, when learning something new I do tend to type it out myself to help reinforce things. Same reason I handwrote my notes in college.

But I'm not going to type everything all the time. I'll get carpal tunnel, and it'd take me a lot longer to get tasks done.

Re:The Lost Art of Typing Shit by Hand by skywhopper on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:33PM (#12407740)
I think the suggestion to retype was specifically about learning things and not about boilerplate you already understand or don't need to.
Re:The Lost Art of Typing Shit by Hand by Jtsummers on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:41PM (#12407792)
At the same time, why do we tolerate excessive boilerplate in our systems? Particularly in areas where it offers no measurable improvement in the output, and probably a reduction in quality due to the increased opportunity for error.