20 June 01
One of my favorite programming events is when I finally find the bug in something that has been haunting me for the last few days, then quickly find another solution, then another. After I have been in the zone for a few hours, I actually run out of bugs and have a moment of zen not unlike that of the last man standing in 18th century hand-to-hand battles. No square of grass visible for miles, bodies piled three high, and everybody’s internal parts splattered on everybody else’s external parts. And me in the middle of it, coming out of my daze, realizing there’s an obviously used Giant Pointy Thing TM in my hand, yet not a scratch on me. I LOVE that.