I found this excellent essay about writing computer code at evhead. The author makes several very good points about reading and writing in a programming language. I feel a little bit better about my own programming after reading it. When I dusted off PoolPlayer (my football pool manager app) last month I was tempted to just start from scratch and re-write the whole damn thing. I know so much more know about database structure and design and about data access methods than I did when I originally started writing it two or three years ago. I’m glad that I decided to keep my core code and fix it rather than begin again. When the Gators lost to Auburn I lost all desire to continue. It sucks. It really does. I want to work on the app and fix it and make it work and finally finish it. But I have no motivation now. Oh well. I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it.