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Dogs that debug

Chewie has no idea how many solutions he’s paired with me on, but it’s a lot!

A cute dog sitting at a SLOW roadmarking.
Figure 1. Photo by Lidia Stopińska-Cherek

Breakthroughs just seem to come that more readily during the times where I take a break from the screen and Just. Slow. Down. For a bit.

I can see it being exactly the sort of pseudo-sagelike guidance I might have rejected earlier in my career but I definitely vouch for it now: find a non-computer-related thing that lets you defrag your thoughts during breaks and do it. Maybe the breakthroughs will magically appear for you too.

Noone[1] ever[2] got Employee of the Year[3] for eating lunch at their desk[4].

1. based on a sample set of 1
2. during the years '04 - present
3. if that is actually a thing
4. it’s possible other factors were at play such as excessive time spent walking dogs