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ares623yesterday at 8:53 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't buy that. Writing is taking a bad rap from all this. Writing _is_ a form of more intense reading. Reading on steroids, as they say. If reading is considered good, writing should be considered better.


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bigyabaiyesterday at 9:23 PM

Writing in that draft style is really only useful because a) you read the results and b) you write an improved version at the end. Drafting forever is not considered "better" because someone (usually you) has to sift through the crap to find the good parts.

This is especially pronounced in the programming workplace, where the most "senior" programmers are asked to stop programming so they can review PRs.