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by bitwize 790 days ago
I don't even use bog-standard symbol-level autocomplete. I don't want video game shit happening in my FOV when I'm trying to write code. A big part of it is what you mention: the jarring context shift between typing the thing and checking to see if the completion of the thing is correct.

There is evidence that ADHD sufferers are more distracted by such "helpful" IDE features. But I think we're going to just have to retrain our brains to accommodate them because we'd be leaving productivity on the table otherwise.