On: Secrets of the Masters - An Algorithm for Learning...

[Goladus]

I have, on occasion, intentionally left a program in a state that would generate a compile error to give me a place to start the next day.

Edit: Incidentally, I do agree with the sentiment in the article, though, which is that you should develop in manageable chunks and avoid derailing so far from a working program that you can't see the results of your work within a reasonable amount of time.

[pointyhat → Goladus]

I tend to replace them with assertions that blow up the tests. I never leave a compile error.

Usual format:

   Assert.Panic("not finished");