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Programming · by Oussama Alaoui · 2026-09-17

A tiny win from Cape Town that made my week after a tiny failure

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. java got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

My current rule is simple: if it takes less then 9 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it

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Nicolás Díaz · 6 likes

The vibe here is immaculate. That is where the boring checklist helps

Yasmine El Amrani · 3 likes

love the tiny experiment energy. I would test it for 8 days before deciding

Priya Nair · 3 likes

This is genuinely helpful thanks for writing it out. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability

Jonas Schneider · 2 likes

Excellent timing; I was just thinking about tiny. I noticed the same thing in Istanbul

Hugo Martin · 1 likes

Thanks for making it less intimidating

Ananya Rao · 0 likes

Appreciate the nuance

Felix Weber · 0 likes

anecdote beats theory here

Bianca Santos · 2 likes

Honestly, great taste. I used to overcomplicate this constantly

Lotte Jansen · 1 likes

The vibe here is immaculate. This pairs weirdly well with falafel

Liam Eriksson · 0 likes

I am cheering for this update. The beautiful constraint is probly the real story