I also have that feeling, but only when coding with other people. The only time I really need to think that complex on my own is when I learn a really new topic

I also have that feeling, but only when coding with other people. The only time I really need to think that complex on my own is when I learn a really new topic. E.g. two weekends ago I really wanted to learn how iptables work because I was so frustrated that most SO/blog answers are not agreeing with each other, they often don't work when just copy&pasting, and nobody really explains why he chose that way and not another. [1] Then I really need to spend like 24h just reading docs and building these complex systems in my head. With two people these complex systems often also end up in actual diagrams or code, which then can be tested or used for documentation and later lookup. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43375012/wrapping-ones-head-around-port-forwarding-with-iptables http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43375012/wrapping-ones-he...