Ever just have one of those days?

[kaos78414]

I can't seem to get any work done. I just keep staring at all this code and I can't make sense of any of it, which is weird because I wrote it all not long ago. Just one of those days I guess

[Last Known Hero]

I get days like that with 3D, they end up being my most productive days actually.. but staring at code I think would be tougher

[kaos78414]

It's funny I was at my office, and the business that occupies the office across from me offered me some paying freelance gigs immediately after I posted this. And I also came up with an awesome idea (it's a secret for now) for a new app. So I guess it was a decently productive day

[hallsofvallhalla]

nice!

[Jackolantern]

1. Make a copy of your code
2. Get the original code off of your computer (things are about to get hectic)
3. Do a search and replace for the number "10" and replace it with "10691" (or something similar, bold, and not a syntax error), blindly without looking at what you are doing or where at, and close the code and re-open it at the top of the page.
4. Start the application and see what goes wrong due to your little "experiment"
5. Start working backwards from the issue you find in your application, and start debugging to find the altered code

This isn't a joke. I have actually done this before when I am having a "meh" day and I need a jump-start. Why does it work (at least for me)? It gives you a (sometimes) simple problem that you introduced, and forces you to start looking at your code, thinking about its functionality, remembering why you did something the way you did, all with a purpose. I guarantee that within 5 or 10 minutes you will be perking up, and finding things you want to start working on, at which time you can erase the altered code, grab your back-up (which should have been on another drive to prevent accidental issues creeping into the real codebase over something like this) and get started.

[kaos78414]

That sounds like a good idea!

Today may just have been a case of needing to vent. I ended up talking to a few people about some things that had been bothering me, and now I feel pretty renewed.

[Chris]

I have one of those days everyday.

[hallsofvallhalla]

your avatar with the whale stuck in a chair is disturbing.

[Chris]

K, I changed it

[Jackolantern]

Dear lord