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Ask HN: I am a copy/paste programmer, is that bad?

I wouldn't be able to write a simple HTML page from scratch. Google (more specifically Stackoverflow) is a vital part of my IDE! I've always sucked at remembering stuff but in compensation I got logical and analytical skills. I do not blindly paste the code, I do read it and see if it fits, but I would certainly have a bad time if not code references where around while coding. So, am I a bad programmer? Or is this way of programming more common than I think?
9 points bikamonki 11 years ago 14 comments

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