Cutting and pasting results in false productivity! Sure, you get something done now, but you are slowed as time goes by.

The majority of time and money is spent in maintaining code. Time spent making code maintainable pays off again and again. A well thought-out module allows faster code-reuse than proficiency with pasting, and is more maintainable to boot.

For some real productivity try getting enough sleep, then learning from books like Code Complete or The Pragmatic Programmer. An interesting tidbit from Code Complete. The most productive programmers spend substantially less time coding than others. Instead they spend time in design, discussion, testing, and other activities.

In reply to Re (tilly) 1: Development Speed and Productivity by tilly
in thread Development Speed and Productivity by mothra

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