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How To Get Out of Developer's Block?

Posted by timothy on from the how-do-you-feel-about-get-out-of-developer's-block dept.

Midnight Thunder writes "I have spent the past six months working on a software project, and while I can come up with ideas, I just can't seem to sit down in front of the computer to code. I sit there and I just can't concentrate. I don't know whether this is akin to writer's block, but it feels like it. Have any other Slashdotters run into this and if so how did you get out of it? It is bothering me since the project has ground to a halt and I really want to get started again. I am the sole developer on the project, if that makes a difference."

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  1. No it is not a writers block by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: -1, Troll

    It just means that you are not a coder. Real coders don't waste time thinking about the project, coming up with specs and test cases. They start coding right away. They could not wait to get started. In fact they will type # include stdio.h int main(int argc, char **argv){} even before coming to the first project meeting.

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  2. Michael Jackson joins BSD team by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

     
    "It's dead, Jim."

  3. mod 04 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    say I'm packing opErating systems,

  4. Steve Jobs got a transplant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Steve Jobs went to the doctor with a totally fucked up anus. Years of abuse had resulted in a severely scarred sphincter, the gang bangs, fist fuckings, object insertions, etc, had done irreparable damage.

    -The only solution now is a transplant -- the doctor said.

    Luckily, they found a compatible donor in a young straight guy who had died in an accident, and the surgery was a success. After many years, Steve Jobs had a virgin asshole again.

    A few months went by, and Steve Jobs was back at the doctor with an anal sphincter that was a total loss.

    -I don't understand -- the doctor said -- you just got a new anus and willingly destroyed it again?

    -Look, doctor, -- Steve Jobs replied -- if I let people fuck my backside when it was MY ass, do you think I'm going to stop now that it's someone elses?

    1. Re:Steve Jobs got a transplant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Steve Jobs gave me AIDS after tearing up my asshole!

  5. Re:Shut down your web browser by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 0, Troll

    Execute this as root and quit your whining:

    #!/bin/sh
    echo "127.0.0.1 slashdot.org" >> /etc/hosts
    echo "127.0.0.1 4chan.org" >> /etc/hosts

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    Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!