Turn off the fourth alarm and turn on the tower,
then start the magic beans a-brewing.
Prime your tired head with a pep talk while brushing those teeth;
you're gonna need it.
Restore all recently closed tabs and be grateful
for a remembering machine, reliable and efficient.
Imagine streams of lightning on copper highways.
Impossible speed.
Marvel for a moment.
Don't dwell on how much you love programming.
Love doesn't pay.
Force yourself to work on that one project
that might hopefully impress some critical someones
you haven't even met yet.
The tasklist is long and it's time to dive in.
Start with what time forgot yesterday.
Find a rhythm, stretch your fingers.
Hot water helps when the blood is fighting cold.
You're stuck before you've started.
Reach out to the documentation and I'm sorry
it's so terrible.
Remember how difficult it is to write great docs and
get over it.
You're immediately reminded of how little you know
because this popular library has twelve paragraphs
describing installation.
Spend thirty minutes scanning pages and likely not find
what you came here for.
You're frustrated now so
have some breakfast.
Eat anything that resolves to brain sugar.
Finally some progress but you can no longer ignore
those aching muscles.
Sit on the floor and stretch it out while
the dog licks your face.
Visit stack overflow with a pressing question but
quickly discover that 42 other people have asked the same.
Lose another opportunity to boost site reputation.
Remain a noob.
At least you found the answer.
You've finally found your flow so
interrupt it to retrieve more coffee.
Run back to the throne excited because you suddenly came up with a beautiful solution to that one thing.
It doesn't work.
Spill hot coffee on your pants.
Restart the dev server and rejoice;
only one hour wasted.
Celebrate by finally getting some work done.
Explore alternative libraries because this one
doesn't support that 15-line dependency
of a dependency
of a dependency of
that one exclusive library with 600
severe vulnerabilities.
You're seeing red with dry eyes so
decide to rewrite the whole project in python.
Write a 300-line module in hour 9
that runs beautifully on the first try
and remember why
it's all worth it.
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