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.
Or maybe it's just anxiety.
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.
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.
Do you mean, you write the notes as comments into the actual program file? Like a structure? And then fill it in with code?
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.
Ah, I see.
And yes AI is very good at that.
