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The Mental Game of Python: reducing cognitive load

Tech Ma · Talk · YouTube title: The Mental Game of Python - Raymond Hettinger [synced version]
Why it's here

HN recommends it as an entertaining talk on how working memory shapes code and how to reduce cognitive load.

What it covers

Raymond Hettinger's PyBay 2019 talk on the mental strategies he uses when programming in Python, such as chunking, solving a simpler related problem, and repeating tasks manually until patterns emerge. This version is re-synced with the slides.