Comment by taeric

At the start, isn't this a bit like asking how people navigate cities they live in without constantly checking a map? The various strategies different people have will be remarkably varied. And there will be blind sides for many people. Hidden paths that some people know and always use, as well as parking spots that some people always try to get.

Moving beyond that, it isn't like LSP originated the "go-to-definition" feature. Indeed, this is one of the things many of us like about Emacs. You can literally jump to the definition of most any function currently in use by the environment. Can even edit it and have that edit immediately open.

But, moving back to my original line. The answer is people work in different ways. Is why some folks get really good at typing on a keyboard. Most people probably are not fast typists. But that doesn't necessarily mean the advantage a fast typists has will be realized in any actual gains.