• Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
    70·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
      321·
      6 months ago

      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.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        That works for pretty much anything. Get up and do anything else for a while.

        This got me fired from the daycare

        • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          You were just staring at the kids. You were supposed to be changing diapers and feeding them. Insert obvious misunderstanding here.

      • Deebster@programming.devEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        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.

    • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      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?”

    • blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io
      1·
      6 months ago

      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.