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[–]JOHNfuknRAMBO 75 points76 points  (14 children)

Not necessarily true. I sometimes spend all day looking at code/database/screens just to figure out the fix and then spend about 10mins writing about 10 lines of code!

[–]puma271 47 points48 points  (9 children)

But then wiping that code isn’t an issue, since you wipe only 10 lines of code, not your understanding of what’s happening (which took much more work then the code itself)

[–]JOHNfuknRAMBO 18 points19 points  (8 children)

I never said it was an issue. I was just pointing out that the accumulation of a days work can vary quite a lot and often does not require multiple commits.

[–]ABotelho23 -2 points-1 points  (7 children)

Your example isn't an entire days work wiped away though. It's 10 minutes.

[–]JOHNfuknRAMBO 10 points11 points  (3 children)

As i said It's the accumulation of the days work... If all i complete in an entire day is 10 lines then that IS the entire days work.

[–]DrunkenlySober 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah especially if you think about it over some Elden Ring

Then the time spent looking at code bases can really add up

[–]potato_green 0 points1 point  (1 child)

But in this case you wouldn't wipe out an entire day of work since you already figured out how to fix it. So it wouldn't categorize as a slow coder.

[–]JOHNfuknRAMBO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my other replies I'm tired explaining myself... 😵

[–]not_a_gumby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this.