Interestingly enough, I also was wondering if I could improve my efficiency by condensing written text. The idea would be to remove the usual padding or „slop“ you have within most of the modern web environment.

Wouldn’t you loose a bit of that brain power if you stop to make those connections yourself while trying to understand those code sections?

I don’t think so for two reasons.

I still have to relay on my own wits to read the most complicated code.

I don’t spend less time reading code. I just read more code.