Is there other writing like this on improving programming productivity? Rigorous measurements, not just handwaving. http://malisper.me/how-to-improve-your-productivity-as-a-working-programmer/ …pic.twitter.com/i5imls4Rju
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...let alone the cost:benefit of the intervention "watch recordings of yourself programming" which sounds very time-intensive
My guess is that there's so much low hanging fruit that it's easy to find fixes that will pay for themselves.
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One weak piece of evidence for this is that, when I ask how people do things and then video, they literally don't know what they're doing
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People make all kinds of claims about the efficiency of what they do that can't be correct because they don't know what they're doing.
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The state of engineering productivity reminds me of sports before weight training ("don't weight train because you'll get too bulky").
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There's a lot of lore out there, much of which is "obviously" wrong, and there's very little evidence for almost any practice.
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If you believe that practices can make a difference, losing 5% or 10% to reviewing video seems like it will probably pay off?
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