
The Fallacy of 'Always Be Coding': Why Taking Breaks Makes You a Better Developer
The Myth of Perpetual Programming We’ve all heard the tech-bro mantras: “Code or die,” “Sleep is for the weak,” and the classic “Real programmers ship on caffeine and hubris.” But what if this toxic treadmill of non-stop coding is actually making us worse developers? The “Always Be Coding” (ABC) mentality is a logical fallacy – specifically a blend of No True Scotsman (“Real developers code 14 hours daily”) and Wishful Thinking (“If I code constantly, I’ll outperform everyone”)....