In this article, Rob Conery describes the way I have learned almost every programming language on my CV. If you're struggling with the idea that you're "too busy" to improve your tool set, this method can sometimes help break that negative pattern of thinking.

Me from ten years ago: "I need to code this all from scratch so that I really understand how each piece fits together. The end result will be efficient and beautiful." Me now: "Is there a framework to do this? I'd like to do this

My whiteboard says that it has been a busy week.

I know that feel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I forget to turn off debug mode [http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/09/07/when-i-forget-to-turn-off-debug-mode/] Art by Etienne Issartial, story and text by Thomas Gx, and translation by Mark Nighingale.

When your recursive function does exactly what it's supposed to do, for just a moment, you feel like the smartest human who has ever lived.

I wish I could somehow teach my endocrine system that the physiological reactions that might serve me well if I were being chased by a predator are not actually relevant to debugging faulty SSL connections from a Unix shell.

I have coded in a mix of Java, Perl, PHP, and Javascript for over fifteen years now. Do you have any idea how hard it is to not put semicolons at the end of Python statements?

> A huge amount of arbitrary rules and inconsistent guidelines causes code quality of even the most critical applications to suffer, according JPL lead scientist Gerard J. Holzmann. That’s why the lab has released ten coding commandments to govern all NASA software: “The Power of Ten – Rules for Developing

That moment when your external query over JDBC actually returns data after literally a month of bargaining and begging for resources, privileges, and whitelisting. #JustDeveloperThings #FeelsGoodMan

If Programming Languages Were Cabs [http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/02/27/if-languages-were-cabs/] Art by Etienne Issartial, story and text by Thomas Gx, and translation by Mark Nighingale.

I spent my day in front of a computer writing code for my job. I came home, made myself some dinner, and then promptly sat in front of my computer writing code for fun. I take this as a sign that I'm in the right line of work.

Something is rendering some of my query results as objects and some as associative arrays. At this moment, I am not sure whether to blame: (a) the Canvas APIs, (b) PHP's JSON parser, (c) the programmer currently trying to make those two things talk to each other. #NeedMoreCoffee

Repairing records in a live production database on three hours of sleep like it's no big deal. #JustDeveloperThings

You know, times like the first week of classes are absolutely crazy busy for me, but I still can't think of many other jobs I'd rather be doing. Working IT during a crisis really has a way of making you feel like an engineer on the