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Oh, I actually do like the typing, once I get into the "zone". And then I work faster and faster, the more code is there.

But God forbid someone interrupt me and I leave the zone. Then I just stare blankly at the screen again.

I seem to not need that mental clarity to do everything else. I have so much kinetic memory for those tasks, I suppose.
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Laeserin 2y ago

Or maybe it's just anxiety.

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Laeserin 2y ago

That's what it probably is. A form of writer's block.

AI is probably perfect for that, as it just vomits up something and ends the Blank Page Terror.

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Doog 2y ago

writing notes has been very useful for getting pass the blocked phase.

I start with a problem statement or definition of what I am trying to do. Then write down the first step or steps. The step must be small, actionable.

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Laeserin 2y ago

Do you mean, you write the notes as comments into the actual program file? Like a structure? And then fill it in with code?

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Doog 2y ago

Yes, sometimes. This would be more if I am writing a new function.

But more generally, anytime I get stuck in a moment of inaction I just write in a text file in notepad, or a mead notebook I bring with me everywhere.

Any tool that is maximally simple that it requires 0 thought.

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Laeserin 2y ago

Ah, I see.

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Doog 2y ago

And yes AI is very good at that.