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Debugging Life: Welcome to The Stoic Coder
Marcus Aurelius with a Laptop
Oct 12, 2024 • 
Michael Lawrence
Stop Waiting to Feel Like It
Why Motivation is Bullshit
Nov 16 • 
Michael Lawrence
Your Best Work Will Be Ignored
That's the Best Thing That Could Happen
Nov 9 • 
Michael Lawrence
The Grinding Cost Of Context Switching
The Real Reason You End Every Day Feeling Like You Got Nothing Done
Nov 5 • 
Michael Lawrence
When Your Obsession Becomes Your Prison
How to Stop Working Yourself Into Complete Isolation
Nov 2 • 
Michael Lawrence
Stop Waiting for That Promotion—It's Probably Never Coming
The uncomfortable truth about promotions, office politics, and why you need to focus on what you can control
Oct 29 • 
Michael Lawrence
Your Legacy Code Isn't the Problem, Your Attitude Is
How I stopped romanticizing rewrites and learned to build software that actually lasts
Oct 26 • 
Michael Lawrence
Stop Panicking About Obsolete Skills
You're Learning the Wrong Thing Anyway
Oct 22 • 
Michael Lawrence
The Truth About Developer Burnout
You're Not Lazy, You're Just Human
Oct 19 • 
Michael Lawrence
You're Not Living Your Life
How mental time travel is stealing the only moment you actually have
Oct 15 • 
Michael Lawrence
Stop Being a Meeting Zombie
Why Developers Need to Learn to Say No
Oct 12 • 
Michael Lawrence
How to Survive a Manager Who Won't Get Off Your Back
The stoic approach to dealing with managers who can't let go
Oct 8 • 
Michael Lawrence
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