Ask HN: To chase "The Flow" or to avoid it as progress doesn't come easy?

Chasing the current—

hands close on shining water,

gone as soon as held.

Programming is just no flow most of the time. There's two popular fixes - TDD and vibe coding, which are probably more popular than they should be for these reasons.

Flow does indicate rapid learning and growth, but in this field, you may have to grow without it.