Spent the whole day coding and hit a wall, so I'm writing this
From 9 AM to 11 PM, couldn't fix a single bug. Turns out the cause was a typo in a variable name lol
Developer life, f***.
But I'll probably be back at it hard tomorrow. Still, I keep going because it's fun.
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But isn't that old news? These days IDEs are so good that they catch typos for you.
One piece of advice: using Hungarian notation for variable names reduces typos. Since I switched to it, my debugging time has been cut in half.
Typos are truly the scariest thing. Just one variable name difference can change your entire life.
I don't agree that you'll work hard again once you get to work. You'll end up burning out anyway.
I understand the feeling of regret, but saying 'because it's fun' feels a bit hypocritical. If it were truly fun, there wouldn't be any regret.
Agreed... I also wasted 3 hours on that yesterday lol
The IDE doesn't catch everything. Especially when variable names are similar, it gets confusing. I've had a similar experience too.
I feel the same way. After fixing it all night, it feels empty yet somehow rewarding.
The emptiness when you find the cause of a typo lol but hey, it's resolved, so that's what matters
I feel you, this dev life is fing brutal. But the real fing part is that I'll be back at the keyboard again tomorrow.