Re:Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Prog...
by jsomau on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:20AM
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Adding to this:
> By the time I'm down in the weeds I've forgotten what I'm doing, what the purpose of the actual API call is.
If I can craft tests up front in terms of the higher level goals then when I finish a subcomponent or get distracted by something else the higher level test is there for me to fall back on to figure out what to do next.
> By the time I'm down in the weeds I've forgotten what I'm doing, what the purpose of the actual API call is.
If I can craft tests up front in terms of the higher level goals then when I finish a subcomponent or get distracted by something else the higher level test is there for me to fall back on to figure out what to do next.