Programming · by Isha Menon · 2026-10-09
The useful joy of doing the conversation badly at first without making it complicated
This is probably obvious to veterans here but it clicked for me only recently. debugging got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.
A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat
My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 8 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.
I started this because my lunch break 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
A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat
My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 8 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.
I started this because my lunch break 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
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