Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by galephico » Mon, Dec 21, 2015, 1:57 PM UTC

Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)
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Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by vinceguidry » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 1:31 AM UTC

Oh jeez, if I ever needed spaced repetition to be a programmer, I'd find a new profession, stat.

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by knight17 » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 1:40 AM UTC

I have seen 'Janki method' earlier: - http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2011/12/05/janki-method.html

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by mietek » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 2:16 AM UTC

This paper was published in 1993, and not 1998, as the HN title currently says.

You may wish to read the excellent Wired article from 2008 about the somewhat eccentric author of this paper, Piotr Woźniak.

http://www.wired.com/2008/04/ff-wozniak/

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by dang » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 2:27 AM UTC

mietek wrote: post #4

This paper was published in 1993, and not 1998, as the HN title currently says. You may wish to read the excellent Wired article from 2008 about the somewhat eccentric author of this paper, Piotr Woźniak. http://www.wired.com/2008/04/ff-wozniak/

Thanks; year fixed.

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by rwallace » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 5:47 AM UTC

I can see how a memorization aid like spaced repetition could actually improve your productivity in 1993, but in 2015, it's neither feasible nor necessary for programmers to memorize all the stuff we use, so I'm not seeing this as terribly useful nowadays.

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by copperx » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 7:49 AM UTC

vinceguidry wrote: post #2

Oh jeez, if I ever needed spaced repetition to be a programmer, I'd find a new profession, stat.

Truth be told, our only saving grace is having documentation at the touch of a key. Remembering the API calls of a single framework is a monumental task.

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by copperx » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 7:50 AM UTC

rwallace wrote: post #6

I can see how a memorization aid like spaced repetition could actually improve your productivity in 1993, but in 2015, it's neither feasible nor necessary for programmers to memorize all the stuff we use, so I'm not seeing this as terribly useful nowadays.

But wouldn't spaced repetition be useful to master C++?

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by CaRDiaK » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 1:05 PM UTC

rwallace wrote: post #6

I can see how a memorization aid like spaced repetition could actually improve your productivity in 1993, but in 2015, it's neither feasible nor necessary for programmers to memorize all the stuff we use, so I'm not seeing this as terribly useful nowadays.

If I took my OO components and looked up how to make it functional while changing it, does that mean I can do functional? No. Too many devs I work with would say so though. However if I spent 30 minutes each day turning one of my OO components into a functional equivalent, then after 6 months or so I'd have a good handle on it. When you combine spaced repetition with something like chunking, it becomes very powerful.

Re: Spaced Repetition to Increase Programmer Productivity (1993)

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Post by vinceguidry » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 3:13 PM UTC

copperx wrote: post #7

vinceguidry wrote: post #2

Oh jeez, if I ever needed spaced repetition to be a programmer, I'd find a new profession, stat.

Truth be told, our only saving grace is having documentation at the touch of a key. Remembering the API calls of a single framework is a monumental task.

I'd write my own documentation in that case.