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by alfiedotwtf 294 days ago
Cognitive load is more expensive than compilation time.
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echelon 294 days ago
Compilation time turns into cognitive load via frustration. Death by a thousand cuts.
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adastra22 294 days ago
How long are your compiles? The longest I’ve ever seen is a massive Bevy project with 700 dependencies, and it still compiled in <5min from an empty cache, and then 2-3 second incremental builds (mostly link time).
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dijksterhuis 294 days ago
https://xkcd.com/303/

(compilation time is good for brain switch off time - i.e. reducing cognitive load).

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echelon 294 days ago
I find it's great for letting ADHD take over steering the ship and losing total focus on what needs to be done.

Which is more or less what this XKCD encapsulates.

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