Code In My Mind vs Code I Write

Coding struggles Technical debt Developer life Imposter syndrome Software development Code quality Production code Deadline pressure

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Code In My Mind vs Code I Write

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The elegant architecture you craft in your head vs the janky spaghetti code that actually makes it to production. Every developer swears they're Jack Sparrow when designing their solution, but when the deadline pressure hits, we all turn into the bootleg knockoff version. After 15 years in this industry, I've accepted that my mental models are just elaborate lies I tell myself before the reality of git commits sets in. The expectation vs reality gap in programming is wider than the ocean Captain Jack sails on.

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