Edit-[optionally compile]-Run-[optionally step in Debugger] is addictive because the feedback loop is so tight, and it always feels like work. The way to break

Edit-[optionally compile]-Run-[optionally step in Debugger] is addictive because the feedback loop is so tight, and it always feels like work. The way to break the addiction is to start working in a domain where there's significant friction to that process. Work on a heavy-ass C++ GUI application that takes forever to load, with a big-ass code base that takes forever to compile, and you'll be thinking deeply about code in no time, because you can't program that sucker by poking when poking takes 40 minutes.