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Re:What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer by helm33 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @12:11PM (#15058975)
>choosing your line and focusing on executing it, everything else in life falls away.

For me, this is skiing. Complete focus and attention on the task at hand. Winter, come soon.

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Re:What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer by mmariani on Sunday August 20, 2017 @04:00PM (#15059992)
Oh yeah! Cycling fast gets me there too. It's weird, just put your brain in a position of risk and your get pretty quickly to focus zen. I wish I had a a simple formula like this to get in the zone more often when programming.
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Re:What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer by semi-extrinsic on Sunday August 20, 2017 @01:50PM (#15059391)
Amen. When skiing, and I don't have to worry about the kids or newbies tagging along, I can't not be in the zone.
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