coffee breaks make you a better dev

Published: 6/30/2025

It’s quite common that when you are trying to solve a difficult bug, one that can’t be solved by a Google search or asking Chat gippidy), you will freeze.

You are constantly thinking, but are stuck in a loop. You can’t understand what’s wrong. You try to copy and paste answers that you don’t understand and pray that it works.

You think you’re debugging, but in reality, you are just wasting your time.

We are often too caught up in solving the problem, but forget to understand it.

So, when you are stuck for a long time, take a step back. Go get some coffee, go for a walk, or even play some video games.

Distract yourself from this problem. And come back at least 15 minutes later.

And something magical will happen, you will see the problem from a completely new angle.

It’s almost like the you from another dimension who is smarter, more hard-working, and with better-looking logged into your account.

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