[mebassett]

It's gratifying to get something up and running quickly. I do a lot of "copy and paste programming" to get a functional prototype doing stuff. it's helpful when I need to show a non-technical person (e.g. my boss) in a convincing way. ctrl-c + ctrl-v is my best friend

Most of it is throw-away code: just playing with ideas and different implementations. Exploratory programming is cheap these days, and I really think it's for the better.

If it looks like I'm narrowing down on something I'm actually gonna use, I refactor, rewrite, simplify, and delete a lot of code. ctrl-x becomes my new best friend. (I write in natural languages much the same way.)