Eight suggestions to get a program loaded into your head

In "Holding a Program in Your Head", Paul Graham, co-founder of Viaweb and writer of "Beating the Averages", argues that "your code is your understanding of the problem you're exploring. So it's only when you have your code in your head that you really understand the problem."

Here's his list:

1. Avoid distractions
2. Work in long stretches
3. Use succinct languages
4. Keep rewriting your program
5. Write re-readable code
6. Work in small groups
7. Don't have multiple people editing the same piece of code
8. Start small

I'm afraid I'm at the present time perfectly incapable of avoiding distractions. And fun as it may be to get to participate on quiet a lot of projects at the same time, this distractions often come with a price tag to pay...

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