• limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    4 hours ago

    I secretly have forgotten a lot of the working code I wrote months ago; and whenever someone asks, I need to go back and read it like new

    • king_tronzington@lemm.ee
      30·
      8 hours ago

      Pro tip: Keep a log of your work in a text file. I write a few bullet points for each day and on Friday write a “Next Week” section for my todos on that following Monday. Helps reduce the cognitive load of trying to remember what the hell you were about to do next.

      • Landless2029@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I sort of do this in a block comment at the top of some scripts I write.

        Changelog for Completed Stuff and Future Features for todo

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
        9·
        31 minutes ago

        I write down my current/next thoughts on a Post-It and stick it to my keyboard for Monday Noodle.

  • 3dmvr@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    8 hours ago

    Its always like 3 hours to remember why I was doing what I was doing, just to scrap it because the core is all wrong.

  • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 hours ago

    If only there were some way to leave some sort of … what’s it called a comment maybe 🤔 idk…

    /s

  • agentshags
    4·
    6 hours ago

    Me coming back to my run of ‘luck be a landlord’ and trying to figure out what strategy I was even thinking of, when I witness the chaos I left myself as I press ‘continue’…