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 reinventing the wheel. your brain stopped doing that at age 3.

your code should take notes:

• cache everything
• patterns beat custom solutions
• abstract or die

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

natural code = brain code

quick wins → instant dopamine fail fast → instant feedback think deep → only when shortcuts fail

same algorithm. different hardware.

shortcuts aren’t cheating. they’re evolution.

lazy code that works > perfect code that doesn’t exist

gno.land doesn’t want you coding harder. it wants you coding like your brain: smart, fast, efficient.

skip the noise. build the future. let your code be as lazy as you are.