I've realized that all my programming is exploratory. Every time I implement something, I end up knowing more about what I've implemented, enabling me to create

I've realized that all my programming is exploratory. Every time I implement something, I end up knowing more about what I've implemented, enabling me to create an even better implementation the second time. This cycle repeats until I'm satisfied with the result, or I need to go to the bathroom. The real challenge to writing code is understanding the nature of what you're trying to express, down to its smallest, intuitively correct constituents. While you are in this state of understanding, the code writes itself.