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theoldgreybeard 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Student perceptions of AI coding assistants in lea...

You need both. If you don’t memorize the syntax how can you possibly expect to effectively express your ideas for the “broader strokes”?

ruraljuror 7 months ago [–]

I frequently manage to do this writing bash scripts.

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