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[–] CosmicCleric 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Generally speaking (NOT 100% of the time), that takes more time that you don't have, as you're outrunning fatigue. You can waste time writing down notes (which you're supposed to do anyway in-line in the code as you go streamlined like), or you can solve the problem. Plus the quality of the notes you leave, if written up at the end when you're ready to leave work, may not be good enough to help the next day. /shrug

But honestly, if that works for you, more power to ya! 🙂

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I take notes as I work in case I get pulled onto another task.

Doesn’t take more than 5 minutes to summarize at the end of the day.

[–] CosmicCleric -1 points 9 hours ago

Doesn’t take more than 5 minutes to summarize at the end of the day.

I take notes in-line as I go too. But having to stop and then write (well, type in a text editor) everything I was thinking about for the last X hours, when I'm super fatigued, can be problematic for me to do. At the point I quit, I'm not really thinking anymore, even just to summarize the day.

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