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		llanowarelves on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 e... JetBrain's rename functionality might save you that much, when it needs to touch lots of places, compared to a more naive rename.

slashdev on Dec 21, 2022 [–]

Their rename functionality definitely saves me time, but I’d guess maybe only about half an hour per month on average.

It saves you more in stronger typed languages and if you rename things across files a lot. I work on smaller code bases.

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