I don't disagree, but I find a better use of my time is writing. Not code, but essentially a work journal. It's not big thoughts, it's bullet points. It's not documentation, but more of a open mind map: what's been done, what needs to be done, questions that inevitably pop up, etc. I use Obsidian for this, but if I write much more than what would go on a few post-it notes, it's too much.

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saulpw 3 days ago | parent [-]

Writing and coding use different parts of the brain. Writing is for creating a model to communicate about human things, and coding is for creating a model for communicating about computer things.

	▲	bdcravens 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, but we've all had one of those "ah-ha!" moments when we took ourselves out of the code. I feel like putting yourself in a position when you're thinking big picture is far more useful than hand-coding a routes file or adding validation to a model file.