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    11 months ago

    no distractions…
    one metaphor i heard is, holding a program in your head is like building a house of cards, every time a phone rings or something breaks your concentration, you have to rebuild the house

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      11 months ago

      every time a phone rings or something breaks your concentration, you have to rebuild the house

      Holy moley.

      I guess this is why programmers generally don’t do construction.

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        11 months ago

        house of cards