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Discussion on: What do you do when StackOverflow and the internet fails you?

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Jason C. McDonald

Turn to IRC.

If all else fails, weep openly for a while, and then start hacking the problem.

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Justin Sunseri

I can't tell you how many times this worked for me

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Max Cerrina

I legit think the positive effects of intentionally (and safely!) losing your head about something are underrated. Sometimes the best thing you can do is be super honest about how massively frustrated you are, freak out and cry some, grab more coffee, and dive back in.

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Jason C. McDonald

Absolutely! I believe we learn more from those moments than from any other circumstance in coding....albeit, I still don't enjoy them by any measure. ;-)

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edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y

Compiler-Warning 0000
: Code flip-flop detected
: You appear to be keep commenting in and out the same code? Have you tried weeping instead?

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Max Cerrina

Oh man, the harshest feature....

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Max Cerrina

I'm not sure I've ever wanted a "share this comment via Twitter" option more!