You have to earn your calculator

6 hours ago

In 6th grade, students were eager to use calculators, but had to wait until 7th grade.
The math teacher emphasized that students must 'earn' the calculator by first building intuition through manual computation.
Using tools like calculators or LLMs is beneficial, but understanding comes from doing the work yourself.
For repetitive or boilerplate tasks, leveraging tools like LLMs is efficient.
When learning or researching, writing code manually builds intuition and problem-solving skills.
Without accountability, individuals must discipline themselves to 'earn' the use of powerful tools.

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