Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated code

Re:Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated... by Thanemate on Monday August 03, 2026 @07:35AM (#49154392)

At the beginning of my professional journey I was coding along youtube tutorials to learn, and I can tell you for a fact that all writing reinforces is syntax, which is reinforced regardless when you build your own projects while you develop your decision making skills at the same time.

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Re:Prevent cognitive debt by manually retyping LLM-generated... by jdiff on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:48AM (#49155078)

Writing certainly reinforces more than that when you're not just starting out. It's a poor learning tool. When you have no grasp at all of the meaning, yes, it'll only enforce the syntax you can grasp at that point. I'll maintain that it's a good reinforcement tool, especially to the ends mentioned in the article.

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