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The Mental Game of Python - Raymond Hettinger

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What it is

Raymond Hettinger's PyBay 2019 talk on the mental habits behind effective programming, drawn from coaching, teaching and StackOverflow. He covers problem decomposition, chunking, managing working memory and getting unstuck.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a Python talk with lessons that apply to any programming, especially chunking to manage complexity.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “My favorite talk of this year is Raymond Hettinger”

    Hettinger on structuring problems into solvable pieces

    Stormwalker, 2019-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?”

  2. “Here's a good recent one by Raymond Hettinger on making things easier for yourself when programming”

    Reducing working-memory load when programming, applicable beyond Python

    meowface, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills”

  3. “Raymond Hettinger’s content about CHUNKING is classic for this”

    Classic content on chunking to manage complexity

    bionhoward, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best resources on abstracting and dealing with complexity”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: raymond hettinger, python, chunking, complexity, learning

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