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minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI find for coding problems it’s actually better to walk away and let it tick over in your mind. You’ll often get a shower thought type moment.
minus-squarelennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoMe, staring at my code, fiddling around, retrying it over and over: “WHY WON’T YOU WORK, DAMMIT?” Me, late at night, trying to sleep, suddenly wide awake: “Oh that’s why!” Me, the next morning, staring at my code: “…what was it again?”
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat works for pretty much anything. Get up and do anything else for a while. School teaches us to sit at our desks and work on the problem. Stop acting like a sixth grader.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago That works for pretty much anything. Get up and do anything else for a while. This got me fired from the daycare
I find for coding problems it’s actually better to walk away and let it tick over in your mind.
You’ll often get a shower thought type moment.
Me, staring at my code, fiddling around, retrying it over and over: “WHY WON’T YOU WORK, DAMMIT?”
Me, late at night, trying to sleep, suddenly wide awake: “Oh that’s why!”
Me, the next morning, staring at my code: “…what was it again?”
That works for pretty much anything.
Get up and do anything else for a while. School teaches us to sit at our desks and work on the problem. Stop acting like a sixth grader.
This got me fired from the daycare