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Re:Why is it so hard to see code from 5 minutes ago? by crowbahr on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:03AM (#26193223)
Maybe to some extent, but most of coding in my experience is planning things out, figuring out exactly what you're trying to do and then just writing it.

Bug fixes have a bit more trial and error to them obviously, but it's usually not reading entire code blocks.

If some function becomes too gordian I start working on a refactoring branch to fix it.

I also use 2+ monitors so I experience very little of the code deletion issues referenced here.

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Re:Why is it so hard to see code from 5 minutes ago? by Sharlin on Friday February 19, 2021 @10:17AM (#26194051)
People obviously have different preferred ways to think, and this holds for programming just like for math or any other cognitive endeavour. Compilers, type systems, REPLs and so on are specifically designed to be thinking aids, and it seems to me that using them to their full extent to augment one’s cognition is a perfectly valid way to write code.
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