When I was a trainee at university, there was a math professor who worked similarly, with a bare text editor, when writing algorithms for his research. He said he wanted the coding to be slow, so he had time to think the problems through properly. When we automate all the routine away, there's no space for the creative thoughts that we get when our hands are busy.
It applies especially now, in the age of AI agents. When it's so fast to build things, I need to deliberately stop once in a while, and think if it's actually worth it to go down some rabbit hole, or if I should assess what the real problems are.
It applies especially now, in the age of AI agents. When it's so fast to build things, I need to deliberately stop once in a while, and think if it's actually worth it to go down some rabbit hole, or if I should assess what the real problems are.