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I haven't written code at all these holidays (programming.dev)
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This is a first for me. I've got some personal projects I want to work on, and I really enjoy programming. Normally first thing in the morning I'll spend an hour waking up, drinking coffee, and writing some code.

I'm a professional software developer, and software development is a passion and hobby. But I felt like I needed a bit of a reset so I've made an effort to not write any code at all during the Christmas/New Years holidays (about 3 weeks).

Honestly I don't feel like I've missed out, but I'm definitely looking forward to getting back into it and I think I'll benefit from it. Ill be back at it again next week.

I know 3 weeks isn't a huge amount of time in the grand scheme of things. Have you found yourself taking a complete break from coding? How did you find things when you had to start up again? Felt like it benefitted you or ended up losing the trail a bit?

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[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 22 hours ago

I stopped at Thanksgiving. As an indie dev, I am running into all the boring parts of finishing a game and each of the remaining tasks is painful, non-programming related (like art, UX, and publishing and marketing), and im working out of my own pocket (in my free time).

I want to be done with this project, but other facets of my life got bigger during the holidays. Im socializing more online, rediscovered old games, and found more satisfying things to do with my free time.

I miss just coding.

[-] Matty_r@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago

As they say, the last 20% of a project takes 80% of the time. Thats where all the boring stuff lives or the stuff that you've put off over and over again.

Get through it and you'll be able to get back to the stuff you enjoy again.

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