Comment by skydhash

That usage is the most disruptive for me. With normal intellisense and a library you're familiar with, you can predict the completion and just type normally with minimal interruption. With no completion, I can just touch type and fix the errors after the short burst. But having whole lines pop up break that flow state.

With unfamiliar syntax, I only needs a few minutes and a cheatsheet to get back in the groove. Then typing go back to that flow state.

Typing code is always semi-unconscious. Just like you don't pay that much attention to every character when you're writing notes on paper.

Editing code is where I focus on it, but I'm also reading docs, running tests,...