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> I no longer remember what the commands are - but I can still edit files just fine. Sometimes I watch my fingers to see what the command actually is.

I learned how to solve the Rubik cube some years ago and I found the same thing. I instinctively know the sequence of steps but I would find it very hard to actually write it down.



> find it very hard to actually write it down

I think this is called the "assumed knowledge problem".

Source: dev who has LARPed as a technical writer.


Or “unconscious competence”?




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