
Push Code, Drink Coffee, Repeat: The DevMugs Daily
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Push Code, Drink Coffee, Repeat: The DevMugs Daily
Let’s face it — being a developer isn’t as glamorous as Hollywood makes it seem. There’s less hacking into government databases and more… Stack Overflow, broken builds, and reheated coffee.
Here’s what a real day in the dev life looks like:
☀️ 08:47 – The Standup Sprint
You’re still mentally booting when the team call hits.
You say "Yesterday I worked on X" (even if it was mostly debugging that one thing that still doesn’t work).
☕ 09:30 – The First Mug
Fresh coffee. A clean terminal. You believe in yourself.
This is peak productivity. It lasts 23 minutes.
🧠 11:12 – The Existential Bug
One error. One line. Everything is broken.
You say, “It should work,” 7 times. It doesn’t.
🍝 12:43 – Lunch + Googling
You eat leftovers while watching a 12-minute YouTube tutorial at 1.5x speed.
You still don’t understand it, but now you’re full and confused.
🧼 14:00 – Refactor Time (aka: Make it Worse)
What started as “just cleaning up” turns into a cascade of changes.
Git status: chaos. Mood: hopeful.
💤 15:45 – Coffee #2 & Productivity Panic
You realize the day’s almost over and you’ve written 14 lines of code, deleted 200, and renamed a variable five times.
You drink more coffee. Panic-coded productivity kicks in.
✅ 17:38 – Commit, Push, Forget
You push your changes, confident and terrified.
You write the commit message: minor fixes
(It rewrites core logic. Who cares.)
☕ Bonus: The Mug That Keeps You Going
If you saw yourself in this routine, you’re one of us.