--- title: How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The... description: Discussion about "How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack)" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qiq6feh8x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack) | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack)" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qiq6feh8x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qIq6fEH8x.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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 I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack) **[Leetcode DSA](https://daily.dev/sources/leetcode)** · [@avinashn](https://daily.dev/avinashn) · 608 upvotes · 33 comments ## 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. **@raguay** · 38 upvotes > Sorry, but I am naturally addicted to coding. But, to be fair, I've been coding for over 40 years. I dream coding at night and then make the dreams real in the day. Now a days, my coding is mostly my own pet projects. I'm 60 years old and lost my last coding job last year. No one want to hire an old man! But, coding is still active in my mind and hobbies. **@jeevansshetty** · 8 upvotes > Great video. Today I am going starting coding journey in an new form. **@abrahimzaman360** · 6 upvotes > I do like opening social media scrolling little bit and then jump straight in coding! **@newtechjay** · 1 upvotes > Dopamine detox is over, time to get high.... thanks for the tip. **@beeditor04** · 1 upvotes > nice video ## 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 · 1 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 - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#computer-science](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-science) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/qiq6feh8x) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/qiq6feh8x","headline":"How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack)","text":"Shared: How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qiq6feh8x","datePublished":"2024-12-13T07:39:25.847Z","dateModified":"2024-12-13T07:39:25.850Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Avinash N","url":"https://daily.dev/avinashn","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJk1eYVQDPEGgPKFdVQNCODeKwyUAnvI6gsoFP1eubLVTNgKBxM=s96-c","description":"Never say Never ","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":110}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":608},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":33}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/KY6216T05"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Sorry, but I am naturally addicted to coding. 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Today I am going starting coding journey in an new form.","datePublished":"2024-12-14T15:14:39.784Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qIq6fEH8x#c-sDCKXS4tN","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeevan S Shetty","url":"https://daily.dev/jeevansshetty","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---HnFMVFd--/f_auto/v1728974211/avatars/avatar_E9OuCdY0dnYyq8Sx4B6Rf"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":8}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I do like opening social media scrolling little bit and then jump straight in coding!","datePublished":"2024-12-18T04:10:02.228Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qIq6fEH8x#c-5Hdn54UMr","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ibrahim Zaman","url":"https://daily.dev/abrahimzaman360","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--c4xrJHyi--/f_auto/v1730355880/avatars/avatar_gNWQLxDR61RkCFng7nO7U"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Dopamine detox is over, time to get high… thanks for the tip.","datePublished":"2025-01-16T04:24:37.032Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qIq6fEH8x#c-X28RrcCVs","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"NewtechJay","url":"https://daily.dev/newtechjay","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hC0RPQhs--/f_auto/v1736701846/avatars/avatar_t5z8NaYXxDRaW1qy5vUaI"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"nice video","datePublished":"2024-12-20T09:07:48.885Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qIq6fEH8x#c-4c8p8Wpb3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nguyễn Nam","url":"https://daily.dev/beeditor04","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJ_KdZNjBOUMB9P1cstdomtQONSPy4xbx0nBMjwIW_ihl473wC9=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/leetcode","name":"Leetcode DSA"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leetcode DSA","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/leetcode"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How I Tricked My Brain to Be Addicted to Coding (The Dopamine Hack)"}]} ```