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Basically my life:
1. Work
2. Game
3. Work on a project nobody will ever use
4. Food
5. Make offensive jokes about WW223 -
I get through tough devDays like this:
1. Brew coffee more black than a serial killer's soul in the midst of the Gotthard Base Tunnel without electricity in the midnight during a solar eclipse.
2. Flush the blackness down the throat.
3. Load the Playlist: Mostly Death/Doom Metal
4. Put on over-ear headphones (the ones your coworkers can see from a distance telling them to fuck of with their questions).
5. Code through without pauses (except for releasing piss)
6. If you're paid by the hour: $$$profit$$$8 -
Really upbeat quirky music on full blast. That really gets me pumped up.
*Story Time*
In my previous company, I had the best co-workers both technically and personally. So this one time we had a product launch scheduled and there was a shit load of tasks that had to be done before the launch. The entire team used to work for 18 hours straight almost daily to meet the deadline. Sometimes stress used to get the better of us, so to help ourselves relax, we used to play pranks on each other. Like this one time one of my friends had left his email logged in. Obviously we shot out a mail to the entire company group that I have become a dad. The funny part about this was he wasnt even married. So things like these used to keep us going and there was always laughter and fun going around.3 -
MASTURBATION!
Just kidding. What are you, @Agred, twelve?
Mostly I'm going for a walk. If somewhat cleaner air won't help me I'm giving up entirely and driving home. Most of the times it gets the job done, as after around 20 min of driving my head gets clear enough to find some idea to push forward with task at hand.
Playing some video games for few minutes also let's me rest a bit and sometimes find a solution. Although this isn't something I would do often in the office for obvious reasons.13 -
I've been a hardstyle fan/freak for about 8 years now and this music helps (rawstyle in particular) me through anything really.
But, since I love this genre/music to the point, I'm looking at producing it myself currently and fresh/new music is a good thing for me because it allows me to get in touch with loads of different techniques.
So there's this YouTube channel (the only Google service I use) which makes it easy for new rawstyle talents to enter the scene. You can send them tracks and if they meet a certain quality criteria then they're uploaded with proper credit given.
So anyways, when I've got a bad dev/sysadmin day, I go there to look for new tracks and re-listen 'old' ones in order to feel better, get to know more awesome music/new talents and listen to new techniques 😃16 -
Personally, the best way of getting through tough dev days is by reading books or writing stories and poems.16
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4 step process.
1. Loud music on the way home
2. Vent to the wife. Because she listens and is awesome.
3. Kill stuff in games. ESO or any shooter.
4. Sleep.
After all that the next day is fresh and new and all is good and right in the world.4 -
Amphetamine.
If that doesn't help, "working from home", which means posting random PRs from my emergency pile every two hours, while shooting noobs in Overwatch.13 -
When i Code , I feel like i should take a break,
After Taking a Break,
WTf why I took the break , now what this code do !!! -
I would have answered 'girlfriend' but she broke up with me a couple hours ago. I guess now the tough dev days should get me through the emotionally fucked up phase.5
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Green-Tea, some ambient music,staring into space dreaming up wonderful mythical places..
#MaybeMyTEAisALittleTooGreen ;-)3 -
Close all IDEs.
Then...
if (needs_music) {
open.production("fl_studio");
} else if (needs_engine_roar) {
open.game("fsx");
} else {
open.systemapp("Task Manager");
kill.all("processes");
computer.shutdown(5000);
}6 -
Tough days are standard are they not?
A good ritual is forcing yourself outside and get some fresh air, don’t have a single thought of what it is you were doing and just destress.
I also find punching something therapeutic aswell so there’s always that option 😅 -
Drinking a lot of water, or going for a swim if I can manage. Taking a shower helps, too. I guess I just really like water.6
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Silicon valley should have more episodes in a season😟. Who feels the same?
P.S. - T.J. Miller will be missed🙁4 -
I sometimes watch dutch pov ambulance videos on YouTube. It just turns my mind off.
https://youtube.com/channel/...
+ coffee ☕9 -
Listening to music, lying facedown on my bed with my eyes closed. After a long day, I usually can't look at any electronic screens.
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I tend to go hide in the IT closet. It's dark and the only noise is the fans on the server rack. Very relaxing and no one has figured out that's where I disappeared to.
... Yet -
Surrender
Cry myself to sleep in the corner of my ofgice table and have a dream about how to solve all my issues
Wake up
Forget the solution
Repeat1 -
There is no such a thing as a good dev days. There are only bad and worse days. Unless you are millionaire and you don't have to deal with clients.
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My dev days consist on coding shit that I am really not interested in(web design)
What gets me through them is getting to my home office when I can continue to fuck around with Machine Learning, my guitar or the shit that does interest me....
.......also...listening to Nothing But Thieves is about the one thing that keeps me from losing my shit at work...5 -
Coffeee..loads and loads of it.. music..ignoring certain coworkers..loads of mind emptying breaks (piss breaks)2
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I put the same song in a forever loop.
There are 3 stages each increasingly stronger! :
Level one: get lucky - daft punk
Level two: whiskey in a jar - Metallica cover
Level three: gangnam style - psy
I close all im, email and whatnot and code till exhaustion.
I normally listen to metal and classical music BTW.
It works2 -
• I listen to music
• I eat/drink something
• I go to the toilet and think about unrelated stuff (which might actually provide a solution)
• I go to sleep
I try the top one first, and if it doesn't work, the next one, and so on, until I am done with the last one. -
If I can, drop that what ever i'm working on and work on something else
if that's not an option painfully keep working on that, when i'm done or when the day ended reward myself by watching YouTube/rewatch a marvel tv show
Simple but effective. -
Now that I work from home as a freelancer, my favourite way to get through a tough day is:
1. Scream internally
2. Realise I’m getting over-stressed
3. Roll myself a blunt
4. Smoke said blunt
5. Dick about on YouTube / internet for a while
6. Make myself a drink (tea etc)
7. Come back and work the problem with a better perspective and fresh eyes.3 -
Emergancy carepackage for tough dev days.
- Coffee
- Music
- Dank memes
- And of course: Devrant, to Dev vent my frustration. 😉 -
A lot of coke! I meant Coca Cola, not not cocaine. But sometimes I got feeling, it will help more.8
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Headphones, phone in silent mode, my algos and data structures drawn on a sheet of paper, and a rubber duck by my side.
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When the day gets rough, I either read comics or start sketching cartoons. Yeah! I know. I sound like a kid.2
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I do operations on null objects to attempt to explain why my world is always crashing.
Then I resume coding. And crying. -
Take a nap and play fortnite, I get so frustrated by the end of it that everything else seems measly
Fuck you fortnite2 -
The joy of seeing the customer be extremely happy about stupid small things, completely ignoring the difficult parts
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I picture a large, ice cold, crystal pint filled with bubbling ruby red ale straight from the draft... Its majesty overflows as I stare some human shape walk that marvel at my table...
I take a sip. Fuck it, it's not enough and I'm not feeling like manners... I straight up bottom down that bitter odd amount of beer while my hand feels the cold liquid handshake of this heavenly brewed product... It was a shit day at the office, but right now I'm at the top...1 -
Cappuccino, Espresso, Espresso Doppio, Latte Macchiato...
Oh just basically caffeine... Makes the code more shiny!1 -
Cocaine to keep awake (when coffee doesn't help), my Amazon Music playlist and my Stressball so I don't hurt myself punching my furniture while raging4
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Caffeine is crucial but I’m trying to moderate it! What good does it do if you have to drink 5 cups of coffee everyday to feel normal! I drink coffee like Hobbits eat! Breakfast coffee, second breakfast coffee, elevensies coffee, lunch coffee, onesies coffee...2
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Basically I work my ass off until I have made some real progress. Knowing that I can make something useful in a tough situation gives confidence to enjoy life and try fun things during the good days.
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Contributing on github projects.
Especially when my pull-requests finally merged to the original master ^^ -
Realize I'm a high school student that doesn't dev professionally (yet) and talk to friends, watch Netflix, or shoot some photos.
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I don't! I take the rest of the day off and revel in the sweet job security of a high-demand vocation (and ice cream).
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If my eyes aren't hurting from endless hours of debugging or coding, I'll read a book. If they are sore, I'll listen to music. In both conditions, a coffee is needed too.
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As for today, I mostly play GTA: Online or Team Fortress 2.
By the way, any people here want to play Team Fortress 2 on Mann vs. Machines mode?3 -
I see a lot of people on this weekly rant telling they go lunch, read a book, play guitar...
And then i look at me, working in an office, only being able to silently cry in front of the screen.1 -
Music - usually Pink Floyd. Loud enough to overpower my thoughts.
Worked even better when I could go on a bike ride to clear my head, but my bike got stolen 🤬3 -
How do I get thru tough dev days?
1. Home/Family. Amazing how family can put real problems into perspective.
2. Plot revenge. Just plotting, nothing too evil.
3. Star Wars Battlefront. V1 on the PC because I'm too cheap for the PS4 (or XBox) and the $60 a year for PS+ just so I can play online. -
Rum.
A little in my coffee.
A little in my soda.
A little in a glass.
Just not too much. Drunk development leads to more tough days. Only enough to take the edge off and help the thought process.2 -
I take an excessively long, hot shower the day before.
>but don't you already do that on a almost daily basis?
Yes -
In this order:
- Coffee
- Coffee...
- Music with a quality pair of headphones
- Still struggling? Walk away from the desk... anywhere - even the loo
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I play the violin. I used to loathe it when I learned academically; but as I grow old, I started to appreciate its beauty and continue to play as a way to pour out my frustration and anger.
However...
More often now than ever, I could see functions floating around on the sheet music 🤷🏻♀️ -
Schedule an impromptu meeting with my friend Jack Daniels.
Joking.
Best thing I do is write down the issue on a piece of paper, read what I'm stuck on and realise I have been focusing on the wrong aspect of the issue and a different solution presents itself.
Take a step back, clear your mind and start again.
If not, then remember Jack is available after work. -
Watching the clock slowly ticking towards the end of the work day. Tomorrow will be a better day and the problems will be a lot less scary once I've slept over them.
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- working on a personal project
- got angry at windows for sucking so bad at running fucking vs code of all things
- banged the palm rest on laptop in rage
- windows freezes
- restart
- harddisk died
- lost my collection of notes from college
- lost all my photos
- but most importantly, lost my progress on a project that I was working on and hadn't git push
- FANTASTIC
Lession learned. Always have a backup. ALWAYS.5 -
music, and ranting against youtube for their weird autoplay features. How in the world can they go from Korn - Twisted transistor to Bonjovi ????
Beer at night, that really helps me, except after the 4th, i start to make shit code, and read devrant even more xD -
It's too late for this but I just realized it so I'm sharing it anyway.
How do I get through tough dev days?
Depending on how tough it is going :
House music
Soundtracks for focus
Soundtracks for action (any Assassins here?)
AC soundtrack with chocolate.6 -
Cannabis, meditation and the knowledge that my skills are valuable enough that I can leave whenever I feel so inclined.
In that order too -
2 AIX workloads got messed up during patching. Apparently they had a local database and they were in PROD env.
"Not a biggie - there's always a netbackup to restore the whole workload" - I said and reached out to netbackup folks.
Turns out even though netbackup was configured properly it had never even initiated successfully bcz backup NIC was not whitelisted in network layer. Never ever in 3 years.
Service guys were piiiiiiiiiiiiised big time1 -
- music
- music
- music (sometimes I ask myself if these Spotify Artist-Radios have an endpoint.🤔)
- and sometimes take a break for answering my girlfriend's *ss long textmessages. :p -
How do I get through tough dev days ?
If by tough day we mean a day where I'm really not feeling it or the like, I don't.
I let it pass by me though music or doing something I enjoy doing, or something random but interesting.
If we mean that the task at hand during that day is tough, then there's no escaping it unless you want to risk losing your job, and I can't afford losing my job. So I ask for help, try to do it one little thing at a time. little progress is better than no progress. -
It's oddly revitalizing to configure my IDE. I'd be hard pressed to explain how satisfying it is to organize my settings.json and clean up my ignores.
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Music, mostly Epic Music World or piano music.
I am a consultant and currently working at a company where nobody listens to music... I cannot understand how they do it! 😱
If I cannot listen to music at work, I cannot concentrate. -
So apparently friends have access to privates.
Just some coding thoughts. Yes I'm talking about C++, not...
Indeed, programmers are tiny Gods.1 -
The Joe Rogan Experience. Sometimes I just need to hear someone else thinking out loud so I don't have to do it for myself. Plus, who else is going to remind me that:
“If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.”
- Joe Rogan1 -
I never take breaks at work unless it’s lunchtime - this of course has led to some health problems, so now I try taking more breaks.
But when I’m having a tough time at work I try to notify my colleagues and I usually take breaks more often. Some of which include going for a walk outside, catching some fresh air.
And when commuting home I drink some beer on the train and play sudoku or a binary puzzle while listening to podcasts, or I just take out my Switch and play. -
Depends on what a tough dev day is. If it was just a tough day usually playing ice hockey helps. If it was a stressful day, board games with my daughter, provided it's not a Wednesday (her Mom's night). If it's a tough problem or bug I'm working on then alcohol, running or lifting, sex, general distractions will do the trick
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Life would be a lot better if the client's requirements won't change abruptly on the last minute of deployment
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I play simulator games. Mostly Cities : Skylines or The Sims 4. But no matter how stressed I am an hour in the gym gets me back on the horse...
If all fails I binge watch cringe compilations, cats or dogs compilation, Conan's show... Craig's show.. on youtube...! -
Chocolate. Practically it's sugar but i prefer it in the form of chocolate.
I can work without pretty well, but it really helps in high pressure situations.
I sound like a drug addict. 😱2 -
www.askyourmom.com”ur earphones, put on some really good NCS music, keep a note on your workspace stating: “Currently coding. Please fuck off. For further queries log on to: www.askyourmom.com”
And starting coding. ✌🏻5 -
How no one has yet mentioned the lofi radio on youtube is beyond me....
but the Katamari OSTs get me so hyped when I code
https://youtube.com/watch/...
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Unusual play ocan waves sounds effect or rain or a moving train sounds .
Close my eyes and just be null ...
For like 5 min .. -
I don't program for days on end. It takes a few weeks and then I fell good about it again. Sometimes I wonder if I even like programming. I do well in college, but I've never had a job as a dev (aside from student "research" positions). I'm worried that I'll just burn out and get fired or quit and lose interest. Maybe I already have? Can't think of any side projects to develop either, they all seem out of reach. Still figuring out how to cope with it. The test grades don't do it for me anymore.1
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Non satanic, sugar free, high pitched male voiced, positive Metal that won't let me leave the desk until having a back pain.
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It's part of me, there's nothing special for me known as Dev days. Everyday is Dev day, for me Dev day basically means my life. If you ask for normal day, where I don't have to do something techy, well, then it's a different story.
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Go on DevRant of course. Then go to the gym or go for a long run at the end of the day - Then we start again tomorrow.
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Music tends to get me through the day of work. To build up enough energy to do it all again the next day, I usually stick to something like video games or drawing. It's not a very exciting routine, but it keeps me sane (enough).
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As I don't like coffee, my remedies are music and playing games. Also, sometimes, I just open FL Studio and trying to make some music but you know...ehm...
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Just do something else. I can only rack my brain on the same problem for so long before it's pointless. As one of my professors often says "I've solved more coding problems in the shower than I ever have in front of a computer.1
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Like this
```
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//mirrorToElement(typeElement.getSuperclass());
Type type = (Type) typeElement.asType();
//Symbol symbol = ((Type.ClassType) typeElement.getSuperclass()).asElement().getEnclosedElements().get(2);
Symbol symbol = ((Type.ClassType) typeElement.getSuperclass()).asElement().getEnclosedElements().get(8);
//new Types(((JavacProcessingEnvironment) processingEnv).getContext()).memberType(type, symbol);
((JavacTypes) processingEnv.getTypeUtils()).types.memberType(type, symbol).getReturnType();
//((Type.ClassType) typeElement.getSuperclass()).asElement().getEnclosedElements()
``` -
Sit in a reclining chair, put my head back, close my eyes, take a deep breath and whisper to myself,
“Fuck this shit. It’s not worth it.”
Gets me through the most stressful moments. -
Whenever there's an annoying bug that refuses to go no matter what I do, I just go to sleep. Sleep is the best debugger.
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I have a picture of breaking waves above my desk. I lean back, remember times I was out on my surfboard just sitting in the water. Sometimes I make some green tea and just breath.
If that doesn't work, black coffee, somafm EDM and stress the fuck out until it's done. -
- coffee with friends from other departments discussing actual problem to solve
- play pool for a while to clean head
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Hyping myself up for the project to the point of not getting bored, working until my brain gives up, repeating.
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Ignorance, pure ignorance.
Being selfish and just do what has to be done and let request from other people just roll off that curtain of ignorance. -
“I forgot to tell you” - a backend dev who forgot to tell me about some changes in the prices a day before we submit our site to the client
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How to get through tough dev days?
Cursing, lots and lots of cursing. Cursing your boss, cursing at your boss, cursing at your (deserving) coworkers, and cursing life, the universe and whoever invented this fucking shit!1 -
I just remember that all my colleagues are benevolent and when they are not, I can move to the sofa with my headphones
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Surprise nobody says: read the documentation and possible the source code of the lang/framework/library/toolkit/etc. Understanding your code, how fits in the big picture and what you try to accomplish make your code better.
That explain why we have tough ops days ... -
I learned the ancient art of internal screaming and imagining the annoying people dying one by one at my feet.
this is the only way that I don't die of a heart attack some days. -
I forgot every thing and watch funny YouTube videos! And in between watching them I blame myself get depressed get angry!
I think I might be bipolar! 🤔🤣😀😂☹️3 -
I take a walk on home, like a caged lion but without the intent to kill, after meditating the roadblock I jump back to my chair and try again.
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Removed Facebook and Google chrome in my phone 2 months ago (way before I installed devRant) and I was able to focus more on daily tasks and life, in general.5
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Music. Swiss groove online Station with smooth jazz..
When deadline approaches, Lamb Of God to crank up the pace. -
If i’m having a hard day i tend to put on some relaxing music. Often acoustic or even just some meditation music.
If i notice i go crazy because of the chat i close it completely.
Also there are big 500ml cans of energy drinks here in the office that can come to good use -
hmmmmmmmmmm
Gonna have to be instrumental music, be it movie soundtracks(Star Wars <3) or whatever randy dandy music I have, like Sabaton.
Also my never ending promise to myself to finally install a new Linux distro on my main machine with KDE Plasma.. dat stuff gooooood -
The pomodoro technique and some nice music usually helps me get through dev days. Since I'm pacing myself working on small tasks at a time it doesn't feel like I've spent the entire day coding
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