Focus on your studies.”
— everyone

“Just one more feature…”
— Developers

I had exams this week. Real exams. The kind you're supposed to take seriously.

So obviously… I opened my project.

What actually happened

I sat down to study.

Opened my notes. Read one line.

Then suddenly remembered:

• a bug from 3 days ago

• a feature idea I had to implement

• a post I wanted to share on LinkedIn

And just like that… I switched tabs.

The biggest lie

I’ll just code for 10 minutes.”

We all know how this ends.

// expected
study();

// reality
openVSCode();
fixBug();
addNewFeature();
forgetExam();

Productivity report

• Syllabus completed: 0%

• Bugs fixed: kind of

• New features added: unnecessarily many

• Confidence: questionable

The weird realization

It’s funny how:

• studying feels like work

• building feels like flow

Time behaves differently too:

10 minutes of studying = feels like 2 hours

2 hours of coding = feels like 10 minutes

Final thought

Exams will end.
But this random feature I built at 5 AM…
will probably also not matter.

But hey - at least it felt productive.

BONUS: Debugging Reality

It works on my machine.

Famous last words.

Debugging stages

1. Confidence 😎

2. Confusion 🤔

3. Panic 😰

4. StackOverflow worship 🙏

5. Acceptance 🧘