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I Am Happier Writing Code by Hand
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this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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Reading only the headline: “why would you write code by hand? Would your fingers cramp up? How are you going to test it?”
Reading the article: “Oooohhhh.”
@W3dd1e @codeinabox For what it's worth, a lot of pretty famous programmers did/do write code by hand. They often have an assistant of some kind do the actual typing after it's done. It can be an interesting experience.