As McConnell notes in Code Complete:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/11/because-i-love-the-smell-of-compilation-in-the-morning.html
As McConnell notes in Code Complete:
I was just reminded of this the hard way, when I decided to gut through a bad cold in order to meet a deadline… which I missed anyway, because the design I came up with was complete crap, and had to be almost completely revised. Someday I’ll learn.
It smells like . . . victory.
Open the hangar bay doors Hal…
You can’t get competent if you are not excited about it.