Nobody Talks About How Lonely Being a Developer Can Be

You fixed the bug. The one that had been eating your brain for two days straight. You lean back. You want to tell someone. You look around and realize there is nobody to tell. Your family would smile and nod. Your non-dev friends would say "nice!" and immediately change the subject. Your teammates are buried in their own tickets. So you just close the tab and move on. That moment right there. That is what developer loneliness actually feels like. Not dramatic. Not a breakdown. Just a quiet win t