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Re:The day I taught AI to read code like a Senior Developer by tmpz22 on Sunday January 05, 2025 @11:37AM (#42602914)
> Remember your first day reading production code? You probably did what I did - start at line 1, read every file top to bottom, get lost in the details.

Top to bottom left to right is how we read text (unless you are using Arabic or Hebrew!), the analogy was fine IMO. Don’t let one HN comment shake your confidence, while people here may be well intentioned they are not always right.

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Re:The day I taught AI to read code like a Senior Developer by namanyayg on Sunday January 05, 2025 @11:47AM (#42602998)
Haha thank you for the kind words!

I've been a lurker on HN ever since I was a kid. I've seen over and over how HN is the most brusque & brutal online community.

But that's also why I love it. Taking every piece of feedback here to learn and improve in the future, and feeling grateful for the thousands of views my article is receiving!

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Re:The day I taught AI to read code like a Senior Developer by edanm on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:42PM (#42603912)
Hebrew speakers also read top to bottom and left to right, when they're reading code, because coding is (almost always) in English languages. :)
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