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There are a number of neurodiverse hackers who've "switched off the targeting computer" precisely because it's disruptive to thought to always be having to constantly juggle the state of code in your head with the fucking video game appearing before your eyes as you type. I am one of them.

Recent research has confirmed that this is an actual phenomenon: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-35017-7_...

Discussed on Hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36721055

If IDEs help you work better, that's great. Do not presume your experience and preference generalize to all.