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Discussion on: Tales of the Autistic Developer - The Ecstasy of the Void

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Andreas Jakof • Edited

Very well written!
I only have a very mild version of ASD, but I know the void and it’s temptations.

Keeping on for long hours. Being in that space, where everything just „clicks“. Producing code that connects all those dots you see. Spending hours looking for the bug. And the feeling when it is done and just works. Looking at it and seeing beauty at work.
Feeling the satisfaction of having created this.

But also the emptiness shortly after or worse the frustration, when you were interrupted and are now struggling to get back to where you were forced to leave, because it felt so „complete“.