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submitted 7 months ago by devilish666@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

First good chuckle of the day. Thanks! I'll pause here to go get breakfast.

Aside: when I was first learning to code, I'd take a bicycle ride when I got stuck. The answers came to me as I rode in circles talking aloud about whatever problem I was trying to solve.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I was recently made aware of the concept of "rubber ducking". Maybe thats something you were doing without realising

[–] ibasaw@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Be careful not to sign up for Tour de France eventually..

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Teaching is learning a second time.

Rewriting is learning a third time.

Rewriting is learning a fourth time.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

When I was younger and had more time on my hands I would end up rewriting most of my big projects at least 2 or 3 times

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

This was super funny in the '90s, but I'm not sure whether it was just that era or that we've all seen this one about a million times since.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Enlightenment: everything works, and we don't know why. So DON'T TOUCH IT.

[–] StThicket@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago

Licensing: the same code i compiled yesterday doesn't compile today.

[–] lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Amen