The little things

[jack]

*sigh*

I spend half a day debugging, and what was the problem? The debugger was running in the simulator (which doesn't work) not the board. That was the problem *last* time too. It would be more efficient to check that first every time, together with a couple of common flaws. But I always think "I'll remember, no-point fixing it."

In addition to doing profiling on programs, I should do profiling on me. If I spend 80% of the time debugging, I need to write code more carefully. If I spend 50% of the time looking things up I need a better reference system. If I spend too long typing I should c&p common commands.

If I keep my flat tidy (three days and counting it's been left in a suitable-for-mum-queen-katie-or-george state) it's a lot less work to clean it, because a swift wipe suffices for washing up. Why don't I do this?

I could go on (preventive maintence vs. repairs) but I've already had to remove my "one-liner" tag, so I'll stop :)

Comments

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

That's probably the important thing. If I *ever* under *any* circumastances think "It's ok, I don't need to foo today" it all gets broken, a lot of my organisedness is realising that I need to make time for stuff.