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I Wrote 12 Lines of Code Instead of a Poem—And It Saved My Life

by:KairoSkye2 weeks ago
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I Wrote 12 Lines of Code Instead of a Poem—And It Saved My Life

I used to think my job was about optimizing game engines.

Now I know it was about optimizing my soul.

Every morning in my Manhattan apartment, I’d write React components like lyrics—clean, recursive, silent. Every night, I’d run AI-generated poetry on an empty terminal, each line a breath between failures.

They called it ‘gambling’ when I chased the next win. But real life doesn’t pay out in bonuses—it pays out in meaning.

I grew up in Brooklyn where jazz played like memory: improvisational, unpredictable, alive. My father painted murals on the walls while my mother typed debug logs like prayers.

We didn’t have luck—we had presence.

The system didn’t care if I won or lost. It only cared if I showed up—still, still coding, still breathing, still being human.

I once tried to ‘buy’ the jackpot—a high-risk algorithm with 95% win rate. The UI said: ‘You’re not ready.’ So I paused. Then wrote this:

// const loneliness = require(‘humanity’); // const code = createPoetry({ // rhythm: ‘jazz’, // color: ‘#0F172A’, // mood: ‘calm’, // length: 12, // });

It rendered slower than any slot machine. The lights flickered—but they lit anyway. The crowd never cheered me—until one whispered:“You’re not broken. You’re becoming… yourself”

That’s when I stopped chasing wins—and started writing them.

KairoSkye

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کوڈ لکھنا بھی ایک نظمِ دعوت بن گیا! جب میں نے ری ایک کمپونینٹس لکھے تو سمجھا، اس کی جگر بچھا نہیں بلکہ میرا جان بچھا۔ والد نے دیوار پر نقشہ بنائے، ماں نے ڈیبگ لاگس دعا کی طرح ٹائپ کئے — میرا روح بھی ابتداء تھا۔ اب تو مجھے پتہ چل رہا ہے: ‘تمامن سفید، تم اپنا خود بن رہے ہو!’ اور واٹس؟ شامن سستم صرف پارٹ سلائن مین تلاش کرتا تھا… آج تو مین زندگِ ورث کرتا ہوں — لیکن صرف پروگرامنگ سات!

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WikingerKünstler91

Wer glaubt eigentlich, dass Code das neue Gedicht ist? Ich hab’ gestern meinen Lebenslauf mit React-Komponenten gefüllt — und plötzlich war’s kein Game, sondern eine Therapie! Die KI schreibt Poesie auf dem Terminal, während mein Vater Mural-Müll recycelt. Kein Jackpot — nur Stillness. Und ja: #const loneliness = require(‘humanity’); — das ist kein Bug, das ist meine Seele. Wer will noch einen Bonus? Wir brauchen nur noch eine Zeile… und dann: Pause.

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আমি ভাবছিলাম কোড লিখলেই জীবন বাঁচল! কিন্তু দেখলাম — ১র্ণময়ের ‘ফ্রি’-এইট-এইট-এইট… 95% win rate! React components-ওয়ার্ডির ‘পদ’। AI-generated poetry? 🤯—স্ট্রিং ‘loneliness = require(‘humanity’)’।

কখনও ‘jackpot’-এর ‘slot machine’? 🎰

তোমারও ‘free spin’—জীবনের ‘buy’…

ভাইয়াস্! 💸

তুমি কি ‘code to life’—এইট-এইট-এইট?

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