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A benefit of consistently programming since I was a kid is that a lot of programming, especially code architecture, feels very plastic to me. Not quite visualized in a way I could draw, but sort of using the same circuitry as imagining a 3D model of mechanical engineering.

It’s sort of there in my mind and I can see how things are connected, grab stuff and move it around, etc. Super handy for dealing with systems complexity




I thought developing these mantal maps was fairly common? Or maybe it's just me.


I think it is common for many of us here, but I do think that the inability to construct these kinds of mental maps and manipulate them in one’s mind is one of the reasons that not everyone can code.


yeah I'm not sure if I could work effectively if I wasn't imagining a list interface like an actual list, a hashmap like a pigeonhole cabinet etc. Not literally in the sense of imagining those physical manifestations, but in the sense of relating to objects by their metaphorical interface.




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