Every once in a while I run into a bug in my program that I just cannot seem to fix. I used to get really upset when this happened, but no longer.<\/p>\n
Now I see such situations as opportunities. Because sooner or later the bug will get fixed, but trying to approach it by a frontal assault never works.<\/p>\n
So instead, I now opt to walk away — to take a bug vacation. I work on something else instead.<\/p>\n
Maybe I’ll work on a little side programming project that I never got around to. Or maybe I’ll finally assemble that bookcase that was sitting in a box in the corner. Or I might even cook a nice meal.<\/p>\n
Sure enough, when I return, the bug has usually (and somewhat miraculously) become much easier to fix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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