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sho on April 13, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I Switched from Visual Studio Code to JetBrain...

> do you rather see a positive or a negative correlation between the usage of high level tools and developer productivity?

Absolutely none whatsoever. If anything it's negative. I have never found "speed of editing" to be remotely correlated with good code or even productivity.

johnny22 on April 13, 2019 [–]

most people here aren't talking about speed of editing, but rather speed of code navigation.

That way it's easier to figure out what's going on in larger codebases, or one even just one you're not familiar with.

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