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Re: Ask HN: What habits made you a better programmer?

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Post by 9ec4c12949a4f3 » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 1:08 PM UTC

pjscott wrote: post #95

9ec4c12949a4f3 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Heavy caffeine usage and liberal alcohol usage on occasion. >Avoid both of those. I'll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship ... these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.

Ideas like that are a fine way to lose before you even start.

...... It was a quote from The Simpsons.

You know, a funny joke? Haha?

WOOSH.

Re: Ask HN: What habits made you a better programmer?

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Post by thereddestruby » Sun, Sep 12, 2010, 5:55 PM UTC

Make a commitment to finishing something.

Re: Ask HN: What habits made you a better programmer?

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Post by David_Treblig » Wed, Sep 15, 2010, 6:21 PM UTC

It is almost like when you learn to write. Each times you make an error and notice it, the next time you're going to write it right at first.

The first time you forget the name of the function, the second time you remember the name but forget the semi-colon, the third time you forget the underscore, etc. Meanwhile, you remember slowly those errors. In the end, you write your code without any mistake right out of your head.