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Writing computer software sometimes goes a little something like this:
  1. Brainstorm
  2. Believe that writing software is easy
  3. Design
  4. Change the design
  5. Bang your head against the wall
  6. Wish you hadn't banged your head against the wall... ouch...
  7. Change the design... again...
  8. Write some senseless code
  9. Wake up the next morning and delete the senseless code
  10. Write gibberish on a whiteboard
  11. Erase the whiteboard
  12. Realize that your gibberish was actually somewhat important
  13. Finally get a design together
  14. Write some senseless code
  15. COMPLETELY SCRAP THE DESIGN AND THE CRAPPY CODE!
  16. Draft a decent design
  17. Write bad code
  18. Realize the code sucks
  19. Fall asleep on your keyboard
  20. Wake up at 3 AM and realize you did nothing except type 2000 pages of the letter L.
  21. Bang your head against your pillow... ahh... better than the wall.  Commence sleeping.
  22. Hide underground and crank out some code
  23. Attempt to compile code
  24. Add include statements and the semicolons you forgot.  Attempt to compile code... round 2
  25. Begin talking to the compiler.  Say things like, "Oh, quit complaining!", "Shut up!".  Try compiling again.
  26. Ask the compiler questions like, "What the hell is wrong?", "Why have you forsaken me?"
  27. Repeat steps 25 and 26 for many hours
  28. Run the program
  29. Experience a segmentation fault or some unexpected error
  30. Write about your experience on your blog
  31. Find a dark corner and cry

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