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All the best programmers I know are starting to write code by hand again
Gary Marcus observes that experienced programmers are returning to hand-writing code as a practice, suggesting this approach may offer cognitive or developmental benefits despite modern IDE tools. Thi
Gary Marcus observes that experienced programmers are returning to hand-writing code as a practice, suggesting this approach may offer cognitive or developmental benefits despite modern IDE tools. This likely reflects a trend among skilled developers who view manual code writing as valuable for learning, problem-solving, or maintaining deeper programming comprehension.
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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-04-25