Hemingway used to say "Write drunk, edit sober." I've modernized that a bit for my own personal philosophy:
Code drunk. Debug drunk. Merge drunk.
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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This is the way.
Yeah, we've been meaning to talk to you about that.
Make sure to hit the Ballmer's peak
Isn't it the inverse of that? And Hemingway always struck me as more of a "write drunk, edit buzzed" guy
Yup, I messed it up. I edited my post to be the correct way around.
Just don't read it again in the morning. 🤷🏻♂️
Right side looks pretty good to me.
A dragon's a dragon.
The point of the 4am code is to grasp a concept. You can clean it up later, but getting a firm grasp on what you want it to do is a solid dragon slaying win
There comes a point, somewhere late in the evening after my ADHD meds have worn off, where it's more productive to not do any coding. If I do, I'm just going to end up throwing most of it out tomorrow because it's a bunch of bug littered spaghetti.
Unfortunately, I also solve most of my big problems when I'm not staring at a screen. After which I have to resist the temptation to go work on it so I don't make a big mess. It's some kind of cruel irony.
Then you set a bunch of reminders for yourself to remember the solution from yesterday. Then the next day you wonder what the hell any of the reminders mean
I had that castle toy as a kid holy shit the memories tucked away in this brain
Came here to say the same. I loved that thing. The little “hidden” passage for the boulder drop trap. That thing was awesome!