Understanding And Overcoming Coder’s Block
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This post was first published on CoderHood as Understanding And Overcoming Coder’s Block. CoderHood is a blog dedicated to the human dimension of software engineering.
What is Coder’s Block?
Coder’s block is a period during which a developer struggles to write good code or any code at all. During a block, ideas don’t materialize, and the overall goal of a project seems far and out of reach.
Writing code is a creative pursuit that requires using a combination of both the left and the right brain. All such activities sometimes run into a block that can be described as a lack of creative energy; this is a well-known issue with writing (it’s called writer’s block), but it affects coding just as much.
In my experience, coder’s block is caused mainly by one of five root causes. I am going to (...)
