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Programming · by Paolo Garcia · 2026-10-11

The small debugging habit that changed my rainy evening in Istanbul

I started this because my quiet Sunday felt a little stuck and learning seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.

The detail that surprised me was how much a neighborhood park changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the setup for a while

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Cedar Marauder · 5 likes

That last line is excellent. That is the kind of detail beginners miss