How much does compiling degrade an SSD?

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I am one who presses Ctrl+S while coding a lot (reflex) and I recompile my code often as my code-base usually not very large. So I sometimes even hard-code parameters and change them then recompile. Is my style insignificant to the degradation of my SSD or should I move compilation to a magnetic hard-drive?

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Andrei Konan On BEST ANSWER

Do not worry. SSD endurance is quite good. Endurance is measured in Disk full Writes Per Day (DWPD). Modern SSDs should have at least 0.5 DWPD / 3 years. It means Drive can cope with 50% full capacity write per day for the continuous period of 3 years. Manipulations with code (Edit, Save, Compile) would barely perform even 1% full capacity write per day. Check SMART Health Data of your SSD. It has parameter called Life-time left in percentage. It will help to understand the use in your case.