Re:Ask HN: Do developers also have a block?
by Nadya on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:01PM
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But that's exactly what writer's block is! A lack of "ammunition" or motivation to write. It can't "not exist" but still "have a fix."
For programming I often come up with inelegant solutions to complex problems. Being unable to think of a more elegant solution is something I could see being referred to as "programmer's block" (I call it "inexperienced").
Sometimes, days or weeks later, I think of an elegant solution to the problem and go back and rewrite the code. Something so blatantly obviously the only way I could have missed it before was due to "programmer's block".
Some days I just don't feel like writing code. I could also see that being referred to as "programmer's block." Especially when it lasts for weeks at a time.
For programming I often come up with inelegant solutions to complex problems. Being unable to think of a more elegant solution is something I could see being referred to as "programmer's block" (I call it "inexperienced").
Sometimes, days or weeks later, I think of an elegant solution to the problem and go back and rewrite the code. Something so blatantly obviously the only way I could have missed it before was due to "programmer's block".
Some days I just don't feel like writing code. I could also see that being referred to as "programmer's block." Especially when it lasts for weeks at a time.