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As the OP, I get that mentality and have it too. One could call it an extremely mild and very normal kind of OCD we all have. For that reason, there are times (
by mmahemoff 13y ago
As the OP, I get that mentality and have it too. One could call it an extremely mild and very normal kind of OCD we all have. For that reason, there are times (or moods) when I do the completion thing.
But because of the motivation benefits, I also try to bend my brain to focus more on the checkin as the snapshot that must be pristine in any time slice, and the editor as just a flowing set of arbitrary frames between checkins.
- owenversteeg 13y agoPersonally I try to make the code work by the end of the day as kind of a motivational thing. (Like you described above.) Also, to be pedantic, I think it would actually be a mild kind of OCPD.
- collyw 13y agoI notice a definite sense of satisfaction if I finish the day with things working as opposed to not working (especially if I have been working on that feature for more than a day). Though the scope of my tasks varies so much it is difficult to "try and make the code work by the end of the day". I don't think I ever plan anything that I think should take more than a day, but more often than not downloading a new library and configuring it to work should be simple and takes as much time as any coding. (Still it will likely be quicker than me writing all the functionality and tests myself).