As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook

Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by acuozzo on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @10:57AM (#44116681)

> the amount of times I've reached for a notebook pales in comparison

What kind of code do you work on?

I find notebooks useful all the time, but I write in C for embedded systems, so a lot of what I do involves setting up data structures, memory layout, etc.

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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by rubicon33 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @05:33PM (#44120872)

I do/done a little bit of everything. Backend Java, mobile ObjC (iOS) and Java (Android). Spent 2 years as a firmware dev on NRF platform so very familiar with spending time on data structures and byte alignment. I’ve also spend 4 years doing TS/JS back in the early Angular days.

Everyone’s different I guess, but for me I’ve never really reached much for a notebook. I just start writing code, refactor as needed, and rely on tooling from debugger/IDE/devtools when and where applicable.

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