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The 3 A.M. Moment Every Programmer Lies to Themselves About
Community description: The second English piece from "Psychology of the Keyboard," a series I write about the mental side of...
Dev.to | Sep 12, 2026 | Hossam Assadallah
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I still remember exactly what I felt in that moment. In that moment of being stuck, something happens in your brain called tunnel vision. The dangerous part of that moment isn't failing. The fix isn't to be "strong" and push through. Every professional programmer has been through the exact moment I just described.
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