programmershigh
nounUK /ˈprəʊɡræməz haɪ/
US /ˈproʊɡræmərz haɪ/
A very happy feeling that programmers get when their code finally works.
After fixing the last bug, she was on a programmershigh all afternoon.
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2. The excited mood in a room full of people writing computer programs together.
The hackathon had a real programmershigh by midnight.
3. A feeling of great pride after finishing a hard coding project.
He rode a programmershigh for days after shipping the app.
4. The lively, focused energy that comes from solving tricky computer problems.
You could feel the programmershigh when the team cracked the algorithm.