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I think thats a great analogy.

What would it look like if I could have 3-500 snippets instead of 30. Those 300 are things that I do all over my codebase e.g. same basic where query but in the context of whatever function I am in, a click handler with the correct types for that purpose, etc.

There is no way I can have enough hotkeys or memorize that much, and I truly can't type faster than I can hit tab.

I don't need it to think for me. Most coding (front-end/back-end web) involves typing super basic stuff, not writing complex algorithms.

This is where the 10-20% speed-up comes in. On average I am just typing 20% faster by hitting tab.




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