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What do you do to give yourself a break from coding?

Thiago Pacheco on September 14, 2020

As a developer, it is easy to enter a loop where you spend the whole week coding all the time and not taking the necessary time to rest. Since las...
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Luca Scala

Apart from spending a lot of time with my wife and my dog, I found that reading books is very helpful. You can also alternate novels or classics to technical books!

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Thiago Pacheco

That is indeed really good!
Do you have some recommendations?

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Luca Scala

I’m reading “ The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide“, just after completing “Effective JavaScript”

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Thiago Pacheco

Awesome, thank you for sharing that, Luca!

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Derek Crosson

Cook, read books, listen to music, write on my blog, chat to friends. I usually don't write code much after hours unless I'm trying to learn something. I've been burnt out before from working long hours and won't let this happen again.

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James Lau • Edited

As a new father (son is now 2 years old), I am reading youth books that my school (elementary school, high school, college, etc.) might not of covered. It also helps me to figure out what books are good for my growing son. The books maybe juvenile, but they're fast to read.

I've also started reading philosophy and meditation books especially for those who are in high stress level development jobs.

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Thiago Pacheco

That's great James. It is amazing to spend time with a kid, teaching and playing with them!

Do you have good recommendations for philosophy and meditation books?

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Jephte Colin

Go out with the boys, drink some beers. Or anything that can get my mind off that doesn't involve staring at a screen or a book. Something that doesn't involve much brain juice.

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scroung720

Learning courses of anything, reading books, cleaning the house or doing the dishes

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Dhruv garg • Edited

Anime, Music, Movies, and Football.

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Roger Faco

I used to play basketball, but Itry to play games and watch movies, but I need movement.
Hope you guys doin' well ovethere!

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Thiago Pacheco

That sounds good Roger, you should get back to playing basketball (after COVID times of course)!