Comment by dijksterhuis
1 year ago
i avoid using autocomplete because it forces me to think about every single thing i’m doing.
every line of code is a liability. every line of code needs to be thought about. every line of code is precious.
spamming autocomplete means i’m not thinking about what i’m doing, even the simple stuff like writing a for loop statement.
I don't use autocomplete, either. Most of what an LSP gives you is more data to scan semantics faster.
> every line of code is a liability. every line of code needs to be thought about. every line of code is precious.
I personally think this is ridiculous. It's code. It's just formal instructions. You process them and move on. It's not describing the face of god. If you need to think so much write less clever code.
Code is read more often than written. It's not make the computer do something and done.
The right kind of clever results in "oh, it can be that simple?", not "what the hell is that line noise?"
That doesn't mean you stare at it in stupefied awe. If you can't remember what you're working on you close your computer and walk away.
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it’s nice to be able to fall asleep and someone else does the reply you wanted to do. you saved me a job. =p
Great, another pragmatic programmer producing sphagetti