--- title: "How To Become Obsessed With Programming" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-obsessed-with-programming-srdmhpybs source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNDM3zn-DRc type: video:youtube source: "bigboxSWE" published: 2025-02-18T12:35:22.166Z updated: 2025-02-18T12:35:33.435Z tags: ["devops", "productivity", "bash", "unix"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 531 comments: 24 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Become Obsessed With Programming **[bigboxSWE](https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe)** · 1 min read · 531 upvotes · 24 comments ## Summary Solving personal problems can lead to an obsession with programming. The author shares how creating a script to restore their development environment during frequent power outages helped them learn bash and Unix commands. They also mention learning devops and vim key bindings to resolve other issues, suggesting that tackling problems that affect you personally can boost your interest in coding. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@eidler** · 15 upvotes > Glad to find a article like that. . > I'm fighting against procrastination everyday... > Stop my progress while I find excuses to make me feel better. No good. > Thank you for posting, buddy! **@drakenkor** · 3 upvotes > By the time people become 'obsessed with programming' AI is going to swoop in and make everyone obsolete. **@spizin** · 2 upvotes > I'm currently living it, I have some work tasks that I have been putting off for the past week, and when I finally sat behind the computer to start working on them... I caught myself working on my project instead, because it's mine, my own, my precious! **@bouzidimehdi** · 2 upvotes > Being obssessed is still something bad, even when it's about productif programming. > > When becoming a Senior, one the import skills is to take a step back to have the global overview, and not focusing and being obssessed with one thing. **@neorival67** · 1 upvotes > i'm so tired while programming in 5+ hours. i need some best tips "how to programming with balanced time" ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash), [#unix](https://daily.dev/tags/unix) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-become-obsessed-with-programming-srdmhpybs)