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Fast is better than slow (dubroy.com)
submitted 1 week ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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About 10 years ago, I realized all the best programmers I had worked with had something in common: they were fast. By that I mean that they moved quickly: we’d discuss a problem and an hour or two later they’d already have a patch ready or a prototype to show off.

It took me a while, but eventually I realized: they weren’t fast because they were great programmers, they were great programmers because they were fast.

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Tell that to my 90awpm on Mavis Beacon /s

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. Released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks, the program aimed to enhance users' typing skills through a series of interactive lessons and games. Mavis Beacon is an entirely fictional character created for marketing purposes. - Wikipedia