A very good article. I find myself doing very similar steps. I smiled at the section about the poisonous communities at the question&answer sites, because they truly are.
As a developer, being patient and resilient against frustration is both a blessing and a curse. I've found myself spending days or even weeks of holidays in either one of the steps you have presented because of being stuck in a hobby project. The eternal repetition of "let's just try one more thing, maybe this will work" is a hellish cycle indeed (even though that's where I learn the most). Sometimes it's worth it to just let it rest for a while.
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A very good article. I find myself doing very similar steps. I smiled at the section about the poisonous communities at the question&answer sites, because they truly are.
As a developer, being patient and resilient against frustration is both a blessing and a curse. I've found myself spending days or even weeks of holidays in either one of the steps you have presented because of being stuck in a hobby project. The eternal repetition of "let's just try one more thing, maybe this will work" is a hellish cycle indeed (even though that's where I learn the most). Sometimes it's worth it to just let it rest for a while.