So, I&#x27;m a SysAdmin, and compared to my UNIX knowledge, I&#x27;m a terrible programmer, so it&#x27;s possible that everyone else is just using better tools than I am, but I&#x27;ve had jobs that were more programming than systems.<p>My impression was that in the &#x27;90s, when I started my career, everyone used IDEs where you could type your object and it would bring up a menu showing you the methods and the options to that method.  I mean, with something like FoxPro or Borland Delphi, even 16 year old me could whip out CRUD apps with very little programming knowledge at all, and without spending too much time looking shit up in the documentation.  It was <i>easy</i><p>But... my impression is that nearly everyone has switched away from the IDE, and especially has switched away from editors that reduce the need for memorization.   Most of the programmers I know spend most of their time in text editors  that only do a very minimal amount of the programming work, meaning they&#x27;ve gotta memorize (or look up) a lot more than I had to when I was writing CRUD apps in the &#x27;90s.  I spend a <i>lot</i> more time in documentation now than I did then, when I&#x27;m learning a new language or writing in a language I haven&#x27;t used recently.<p>I mean, this is just my impression... maybe I&#x27;m just not watching the right programmers.  But yeah; my impression is that the need for memorization is growing, not shrinking.