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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use code snippets? by somenameforme on Monday February 03, 2025 @01:43AM (#42915621)
Eep on the autocomplete. For me that's a must-have to enable clear code. Calling SomeFunctionWithAReallyDescriptiveName would get pretty painful pretty quickly if I had to type it out every time.

No clue if it's true, but this is why I assumed a lot of older computing stuff is often abbreviated to the point of obfuscation.

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use code snippets? by x3n0ph3n3 on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:23AM (#42919079)
How frequently do you actually have to type it out though?

You can always copy-paste from nearby code that also calls it.