[chrisbennet]

As others have mentioned, "coding faster" implies writing more code quicker when what you actually want to do is write less code.

The way to write less code is to (a) better understand the problem and (b) have a mental toolbox full of good tools you can apply in different situations.

For (a) you need to delay coding - which admittedly really hard until you have a good picture of how you want things to work. For me, when I'm in front of the computer, I don't think as deeply as when I'm away from the computer. Many of my aha! moments come when there are no distraction like when I'm in the shower laying in bed before I get up.

(b) Is just study, curiosity and research.