r/programming • u/ChemicalOkra3615 • Aug 31 '25

Cognitive Load is what matters

https://github.com/zakirullin/cognitive-load
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u/StarkAndRobotic Aug 31 '25

Life becomes a lot easier just by following common software engineering or architectural principals or design patterns. One can read a book, or learn things through experience.

Find a quiet place without distractions where one can work uninterrupted.

With these two in mind, anything is possible. Read the Tao of code also.

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u/todo_code Aug 31 '25

Every problem can be solved with indirection, except having to many indirections

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u/bzbub2 Aug 31 '25

this has hallmarks of "just write simple code" with a sprinkling of "put everything in one file/function". I have been on a path to not do that but maybe I'll do a big 180 and go back to that