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That’s fair. Not to shift the goal post but my intuition has shifted recently as to what I’d consider a “trivial” problem. API details, off-by-one errors, and other issues like that are what I’d lump into that category.

Easy way to say it is that source code requires perfection, whereas pseudo-code takes the pressure off of that last 10%, and IMO that could have significant benefits for cognitive load if not latency.

Still all hypothetical, and something I’m actively experimenting with. Not a hill I’m gonna die on, but it’s super fun to play and imagine what might be possible.





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