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The Mental Game of Python - Raymond Hettinger
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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.
HN recommends it as a Python talk with lessons that apply to any programming, especially chunking to manage complexity.
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