Ask HN: Have you ever “lost” a clever bit of code you weren't able to reproduce?

Re:Ask HN: Have you ever “lost” a clever bit of code you wer... by andersthue on Sunday November 23, 2014 @06:28AM (#8648477)

I once (while in university) had the awesome idea to write some fantastic code after a night out.

Sadly I had to scrap the project the next day since it did'nt compile anymore :)

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever “lost” a clever bit of code you wer... by jarcane on Sunday November 23, 2014 @07:13AM (#8648557)

My father was the defacto Excel developer in his office and used to have vivid dreams that consisted solely of him writing out the code for some problem he'd been working on.

Then he'd wake up and forget the lot.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever “lost” a clever bit of code you wer... by mc_hammer on Sunday November 23, 2014 @08:00AM (#8648662)

this. the trick is when u cant remember to stop there, and dont worry or force it, about 10 mins later the answer will come to u.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever “lost” a clever bit of code you wer... by griff122 on Monday November 24, 2014 @01:56PM (#8653963)

sadly, i use this same technique on the toilet.

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