Re:Benefits of Not Using an IDE
by inglor_cz on Saturday August 21, 2021 @12:13PM
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I'd rather have my doctor consulting recent knowledge base than use their 30 year old memories from school. Medicine is not set in stone and recommendations change.
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As I've heard it, use your memory, then back it up with documentation if/when you need the certainty.
You can't easily consider a treatment or remedy or library function you don't remember.
The problem with using cache is that you can feel certain it's correct but you don't really know until you check with the source. And since you check with the source anyway, the cache becomes a drag to correctness