Not Everyone Can Code

· Funcall Blogspot · Sept. 23, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses the cognitive challenges some individuals face in coding, particularly in debugging and multithreaded environments. It introduces counterfactual reasoning as an essential skill for effective debugging, emphasizing that not everyone can debug code due to varying cognitive abilities. The author illustrates the difficulty of reasoning about hypothetical scenarios and multithreaded code, pointing out that for many, these challenges make coding a frustrating experience.
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