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A comment on Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder.

Re:Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Prog... by twowatches on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:56AM (#34325754)
It's social media that has turned our brains into mincemeat. I can't concentrate on anything for more than 5 minutes anymore. I'm definitely worse at coding than I was 10 years ago.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Prog... by javier2 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:58AM (#34325786)
Yeah, I am actually feeling this a little bit. Five years ago I could still focus properly. It is already way harder I find. Though another part is that I am way more aware of things I do not know, so I get caught in decision paralysis because of things I do know will break, and because of things I did not know of.
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