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šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«Shaving In A Hot Tub: 5 Ways Coding Ruins Our Brains

Tom Smykowski
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Coding rewires our brains. Here are five things that may be strange for others, but are outcomes of how coding changes the way we think. Hereā€™s 5 unusual results of coding on our lives

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1. You Canā€™t Decide If You Want A Dog Or A Cat

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In coding you usually gather all the data and then you do things based on simple conditions. If itā€™s impossible to use logic you have to gather more data.

Translating this approach to choosing a dog over a cat isnā€™t working. A lot of decisions in life is about personal preference, and randomness.

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But coding makes you instead gather more and more data until you eventually canā€™t decide anyways.

On the bright side, logic can help in life. If you donā€™t go to deep with data gathering it can unlock your decision making freeze.

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Tom Smykowski
Tom Smykowski

Written by Tom Smykowski

šŸš€ Senior/Lead Frontend Engineer | Angular Ā· Vue.js Ā· React | Design Systems, UI/UX | Looking for a new project! šŸ“© contact@tomasz-smykowski.com

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