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minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·4 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-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 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-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoOne place I worked had a small park, so sometimes I’d go for a lap or two to think something through - the fresh air, mild exercise, change of scenery and lack of distractions wroked wonders.
minus-squarelennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 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-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoOnce, the answer to a problem that was stumping me came while driving in the middle of nowhere at 01:00am back from a weekend trip.
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.
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.
One place I worked had a small park, so sometimes I’d go for a lap or two to think something through - the fresh air, mild exercise, change of scenery and lack of distractions wroked wonders.
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?”
Once, the answer to a problem that was stumping me came while driving in the middle of nowhere at 01:00am back from a weekend trip.