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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

This got me fired from the daycare

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month 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?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 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.