Although his actual point had almost nothing to do with intuition, I still would like to argue in favor of intuition. Maybe not while writing code, but I find intuition very powerful when reading, reviewing, and refactoring code.
This is what people often talk about as code smells. When you've trained yourself in how good code looks, then bad code stands out to you. Once intuition has led you towards where attention is needed, then analysis can begin to devise the best solution. I find this to be a critical technique and tell people all the time to train their intuition. It's a tool like any other, to be honed and applied with skill.
This is what people often talk about as code smells. When you've trained yourself in how good code looks, then bad code stands out to you. Once intuition has led you towards where attention is needed, then analysis can begin to devise the best solution. I find this to be a critical technique and tell people all the time to train their intuition. It's a tool like any other, to be honed and applied with skill.