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0 pointsrgoulter3mo ago0 comments

> I'll be honest, this is the big reason I don't get all the hype around coding agents. I do find them useful but typing isn't the bottleneck. Not even close.

It's always possible to go slower for practically no cost. -- So, any benefit from going slower is obtainable for everyone.

Whereas, typing faster takes discipline and effort. There are diminishing benefits to putting in more effort to type faster.

The main benefit isn't so much "more output" so much as "reduced latency". e.g. It takes less time to type out queries that help you gather information.

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godelski3mo ago

  > typing faster takes discipline and effort.

  >> ***typing isn't the bottleneck***

I believe you read too fast

  > The main benefit isn't so much "more output" so much as "reduced latency". e.g. It takes less time to type out queries that help you gather information.

You've missed the critical part of what I was saying.

While typing I'm doing other things in parallel.

Those other things are things that require you to scrutinize and look at each character. I think the vacuum analogy from the OP is quite apt here. It's much harder to debug other people's code and more so an LLMs.

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