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Thorsten Ball

What Thorsten Ball thinks about writing

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Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast. Wrote Writing an Interpreter in Go.

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  1. Our readingThe effort typing requires, not raw typing speed, is what determines whether it becomes a real obstacle to writing.

    Their wordsIt doesn't matter if you can type 90 words per minutes or 130, but if it takes you effort to type something and, if given the choice, you'd rather not do it, then we have a problem.

    ↗No, typing can be the bottleneckthorstenball.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  3. Our readingDiscomfort or effort in typing that makes someone avoid writing things down is a genuine bottleneck that should be fixed, not dismissed.

    Their wordsIf you're not comfortable typing a lot and you'd rather not write something down then typing is the bottleneck and you need to fix it. Typing is not something you should need to think about.

    ↗No, typing can be the bottleneckthorstenball.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

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  5. Our readingMost of the time spent working on software goes to reading, understanding and editing existing code, not writing new code.

    Their wordsBecause arguably the majority of our time working on software is not spent writing it: we're reading code, trying to understand it, slightly tweaking and editing it.

    ↗How much do we bend to the will of our tools?thorstenball.com