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What do you visualize while programming?
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Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#12I visualize the tent my family will live in if I get layed off.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#13Nothing except when I'm working with graph-like data, which isn't that rare.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#14Nothing except when I'm working with graph-like data, which isn't that rare.
my first set theory class in college ruined me. All I saw were sets. The class was taught using graphs too so it was very visualizable
then I took group theory and became a hippy that believes every problem has multiple perspectives you can see it through that have their own strengths and weaknesses and there's no one true perspective
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#15I can't easily visualize anything ever. When I'm programming, if I truly try hard, I can sort of "feel" my system architecture and bits flowing through it. It sort of resembles a simple computer architecture with multiple threads each with their own stack, building up stacks with function calls. Sort of like what you see when you get a traceback, but dynamic.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#16I can visualize stuff just fine in general but I never visualize _anything_ when I'm programming, and I don't know what it would add if I did.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#17The bastard in QA sitting in front of my “finished” program twirling his mustache.
Also, the meeting after launch where the client/users go to use the features I’m making. Their complaints. Their workflow issues. Performance bottlenecks.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#18When working on a hard problem, I often had to visualize how the algorithm works, data moving there, changing this, replacing that. When I debug a tricky problem and I still have not figured it out yet, I have two options: either systematically note down what the code is going through, or keep the problem in the back of my head and sleep over it. More often than not, the solution will present itself after a while if I still bother with the problem. I reckon I can not solve all problems like that, but when my mind refuses to dig in, that is often the only effective way to solve the problem. Pushing harder only wastes time and risks saturation.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#19I don't visualize anything when I am thinking.
I don't have aphantasia, I can easily imagine things when I want to, in fact I used to paint, it's just that when I am thinking, or doing any sort of intellectual work, I find visualizations more of a hindrance than helpful.
I also don't have an inner monologue unless I explicitly opt to, which I only very seldom do.
As a side note, I find most diagrams a waste of my time, more often a deterrent to understanding. I have always had great trouble producing diagrams for others, at work.
Re: What do you visualize while programming?
#20I can't easily visualize anything ever. When I'm programming, if I truly try hard, I can sort of "feel" my system architecture and bits flowing through it. It sort of resembles a simple computer architecture with multiple threads each with their own stack, building up stacks with function calls. Sort of like what you see when you get a traceback, but dynamic.
> I can't easily visualize anything ever.
You possibly have aphantasia (https://aphantasia.com/study/vviq/). I certainly do, and visualize nothing while programming. I often have to sketch block diagrams on paper to give me a foundation.