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Re:How do you visualize code? by xwdv on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:35PM (#29984544)
I don’t visualize code, I feel it, underneath my finger tips. I’m what they call a vimmer. Right now, when I think of a location in a code base where I want to go, I can feel the nerves in my hand anticipating the movements and keystrokes I’ll need to execute in order to get there, and the subsequent commands needed to make the edits I want. There’s little reason to look at the screen if all these moves are done perfectly, the screen is only there to provide context. The physical structure and layout of a project is irrelevant when you have powerful tools. It might as well be a flat file in my mind. All that matters is the anchor points. The words to search for, the phrases to find. This is the highest level of coding.

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