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Frustration with programming

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Joseph S Stevens
·Mar 23, 2019

So, I feel like I spend a good chunk of every day, trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

What in the world cause this bug??What could possibly break if I changed this. No way the authentication error in the log was our fault right?.... Right?

Also, my news feed, has, "new language to solve all your problems" articles... New library you must use! I'm a big fan of learning, and a big fan of investigating what causes issues... But heck... I'd really like to just write some code for once :(

I used to work with Elm, and in Elm-Land, it wasn't like this. I didn't realize how good I had it! I tried to persuade my team, Elm is awesome! In Elm, the compiler makes sure you don't write bugs! I'm Elm, the package manager is really good, and you don't need a library for every problem, it's so productive!

But alas, I get the impression they heard. Joe is a little dumb, and he needs a language to be productive, I'm smarter than him so I don't need a language like that. I'm sure I'm exaggerating a bit, but it sure feels that way.

Am I alone here? Do other developers spend most of their day just writing code and are super productive? :/