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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Translating in your headhas a ceiling; thinking inthe language is the only… GW Gabriel Wyner — holds since 2019-07-18 Removing translation from the process is what lets you think in the language from the beginning. Removing translationfrom the process is… GW Gabriel Wyner — holds since 2019-07-18 For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough. For an experiencedprogrammer the… TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 Talking and writing are not read-outs of a finished thought -- they are the thinking, so a faster brain-to-text channel would not make you think faster. Talking and writing arenot read-outs of a… MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-20 AI translation will stop you learning to speak a language, exactly as AI summaries stop you understanding a book. AI translation willstop you learning to… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 Learning cannot happen in flow, because getting better at a skill means working beyond the level at which you can express it. Learning cannot happenin flow, because… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 Knowing something yourself will stay faster than asking a model for it, because a lookup in your own head beats a round trip to an agent. Knowing somethingyourself will stay… PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-07-31 Reading code and writing code are separate skills, and being able to read a language is no evidence you could write it. Reading code andwriting code are… TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 Speaking is learned only by speaking a lot; no amount of study substitutes for it. Speaking is learnedonly by speaking a lot… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2011-10-03
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