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Finding a Personal Coding Trifecta

Posted by timothy on from the benadryl-cocoa-and-a-down-comforter dept.

jammag writes "For Seinfeld's George Constanza, his dream of the ideal moment was having sex while watching TV and eating a pastrami sandwich. He called this Nirvana state 'The Trifecta.' Developer Eric Spiegel adapts this concept of Nirvana to the act of writing your best possible code. He examines all (or most) of the possible things that might contribute to the 'The Trifecta' for developers — food, beverages, time of day. Spiegel also describes his personal Trifecta."

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  1. my trifecta by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    taking a shit, eating pizza, and a porn-star quality blow job.

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

    1. Re:my trifecta by psychodelicacy · · Score: 3, Funny

      As a member of the female species, I would like to nominate my trifecta: A healthy and nutritious alfalfa salad; some Evian water (in the branded bottle, of course); and an episode of "Sex and the City" playing in the background.

      I mean, get serious. Having a manicure? Whilst trying to type? I'm not gonna let anyone be in my vicinity while I'm coding, let alone some vapid manicurist. Sheesh.

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      A closed mouth gathers no foot.
  2. Oblig by sys.stdout.write · · Score: 5, Funny

    You only need one thing.

  3. My response to reading this article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    SERENITY NOW!

  4. Re:Some folks don't need a zone by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Professional: Someone who can do his very best work, even when he doesn't feel like it

    n.
    1) A fabled mythical creature.
    2) A robot.

  5. Re:pyschopath by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chill out. The bible doesn't say you can't have a shit and get a blow job at the same time. So if the bible isn't against it then where are you getting this high moral sense from?

  6. Re:pyschopath by SetupWeasel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well then you really don't want to hear my trifecta. It involves choking people without a sense of humor to death by ramming my cock, covered in shit, down their throat, and that's just the first part!

  7. Re:three for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For instance, sometime back, I went through a phase of modding my motorcycle - I did everything imaginable, pulled it apart, added custom mods, added jets, changed the exhaust, tuned performance to be race quality, modded the suspension, included angel/demon lights, did some crazy body work etc.

    You made a jet powered motorcycle! Where are the photos? Why aren't you dead?

  8. Trifecta? I didn't know Jessica Alba by ClosedSource · · Score: 4, Funny

    had two identical sisters.

  9. Re:My Trifecta: No Boss, No Boss, No Boss by syousef · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. A sinecure

    2. "Working" from home

    3. A fat paycheck

    You don't get these coding though. Think an ex-politician, a diplomat, or perhaps CEO of a failed bank.

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