Devs ironically praise the 9-to-5 grind as the key to creativity
verdakorzeniews · x · 2026-09-19
- A tongue-in-cheek thread celebrating how having a job "fosters creativity": only after numbing your brain staring at a Dracula-themed IDE do you appreciate the beauty of the outside world.
- The reposter jokes that waking up at 5am and grinding between tickets feels "transcendent."
- Classic AI/dev-circle self-deprecating humor about the grind.
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