I am still :ablobcatsweatsip: ing on Nostr: nprofile1q…8g9h8 well the specific context I'm talking in is this programmer's ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqnkz2vjgqjn9y6kmsphg3eaq9up3cncg68schf8da6d6e55ze9f9sn8g9h8 (nprofile…g9h8) well the specific context I'm talking in is this programmer's brain book (which is very very good by the way). They list all these exercises for steps you can take to understand code better. They suggest doing these exercises on unrelated code to practice.
I agree with all of this, but it's making me flash back to all the excessive unrelated material practice I was forced to do in classes or other books I was following. This book doesn't explicitly state it, but if you read between the lines, it contains a compelling argument of why doing such practice to an excessive degree does not yield any improvement.
This is part of why I think tools for applying these methods in an assisted manner could be a game changer and just trying to 'git gud' continually fails. I don't think humans would be capable of a fraction of what they are without pen and paper, for example.
I agree with all of this, but it's making me flash back to all the excessive unrelated material practice I was forced to do in classes or other books I was following. This book doesn't explicitly state it, but if you read between the lines, it contains a compelling argument of why doing such practice to an excessive degree does not yield any improvement.
This is part of why I think tools for applying these methods in an assisted manner could be a game changer and just trying to 'git gud' continually fails. I don't think humans would be capable of a fraction of what they are without pen and paper, for example.