Ah right, well in theory that should accelerate, or at least not inhibit, both microbial and yeast reproduction then, speeding the whole process up (but resulting in less flavor? I dunno).
He's just told me it's to have some autolyse without activity, and that it doesn't make much difference if you're doing a long autolyse (30 mins +).
I imagine some of the minor time differences only really matter in production baking, and don't make much of a difference at home.
Ah right, well in theory that should accelerate, or at least not inhibit, both microbial and yeast reproduction then, speeding the whole process up (but resulting in less flavor? I dunno).