cognitive shortcuts: seeing, coding, and understanding faster
func Brain(input Signal) Response {
if cached := memory.QuickLookup(input); cached != nil {
return cached // cognitive shortcut
}
return ThinkHardAboutIt(input) // expensive operation
}
your brain is lazy. that’s good.
it takes shortcuts everywhere. vision? you’re not really seeing everything - your brain fills in the gaps. language? you don’t process every letter - you jump between patterns.
here’s the thing: these aren’t bugs. they’re features. evolution’s greatest hits.
coding should work the same way.
stop writing everything from scratch. your brain doesn’t - why should your code? good systems are full of shortcuts:
- caching for quick lookups.
- patterns for common problems.
- abstractions for complex logic.
graph TD
A[Raw Input] --> B[Pattern Recognition]
B --> C[Cached Response]
B --> D[Deep Processing]
style C fill:#f96,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px
the best code feels natural.
it follows the same patterns your brain uses:
- quick wins first.
- fail fast when patterns don’t match.
- deep thinking only when necessary.
shortcuts aren’t cheating—they’re evolution. they’re how we make impossible things possible, one efficient leap at a time. gno.land isn’t about coding harder; it’s about coding smarter, faster, better.
the beauty of cognitive shortcuts isn’t that they make you lazy—it’s that they let you focus on what matters. skip the noise, build the future.
