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Re:Using an Engineering Notebook by theshrike79 on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:21AM (#46985772)
I've tried that, but my brain is just going "why are you writing about doing the thing instead of, you know, DOING THE THING"?

I vastly prefer just making a working skeleton and filling that with actual code as I progress.

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Re:Using an Engineering Notebook by rtpg on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:15PM (#46996650)
Shrug, to be honest if you don't understand the value of sketching out certain problems it's probably because you're not working on anything particularly difficult.
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Re:Using an Engineering Notebook by theshrike79 on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:27AM (#46999919)
Nah, sketching is fine. Sometimes I draw boxes and lines between them to clarify things, mostly to others. It's all clear in my head.

I need a fast feedback loop for the way my brain works, spending too much time on not-working will just confuse me further.

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