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Re:Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simp... by kwertyoowiyop on Thursday March 09, 2023 @08:43AM (#35081060)
Add a comment explaining each section. Hopefully that is where your mini essays end up!
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Re:Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simp... by zubairq on Thursday March 09, 2023 @10:17AM (#35082059)
Yes, I've started to do that more and it is definitely helping. Sometimes I need to also put things in an external Google Doc though just to explain how things fit together, or to explain certain abstractions with diagrams. Thanks
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