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- People will catch edge cases before they occur
- People will realize that they have an edge case, and write a failing test/trigger the failure before they fix it, and explain it to me
- They come up with an approach pretty much instantly, and their design is correct after thinking about it a bit more
- Their coding style is very functional & composable (idk why I find this correlates with success, but it does)
- They test all dimensions of variability in their inputs
- They focus on what matters
- Forward progress doesn't stop
Things that don't correlate with instinct
- Speed of implementation (within reason). Different people can type at different speeds, and people think at different speeds
- Having to google APIs
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- People will catch edge cases before they occur
- People will realize that they have an edge case, and write a failing test/trigger the failure before they fix it, and explain it to me
- They come up with an approach pretty much instantly, and their design is correct after thinking about it a bit more
- Their coding style is very functional & composable (idk why I find this correlates with success, but it does)
- They test all dimensions of variability in their inputs
- They focus on what matters
- Forward progress doesn't stop
Things that don't correlate with instinct
- Speed of implementation (within reason). Different people can type at different speeds, and people think at different speeds
- Having to google APIs