Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

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Post by bytebln » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 8:53 AM UTC

I've heard the phrase "Think high, work sober" and I basically agree with the premise. I don't smoke when I have a deadline, but sometimes I like to change my perspective and mind-space sometimes. Mostly I had really good ideas about coding (or solving problems/bugs in a much different way) when I smoked weed.

Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

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Post by mikro2nd » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 9:12 AM UTC

Results were disastrous. Looked at the code the next day, threw it all out and started again. Every time.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

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Post by paulbishop » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 9:35 AM UTC

wtf? You can code sober?! #Revelation

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

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Post by sysadm1n » Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 2:49 PM UTC

I don't partake, but one strategy I use is dreaming up of ideas at 'the witching hour' of 3AM in the morning, jotting down ideas, so I can work on them when I wake up. For some reason my mind races at that hour, so I take full advantage of it.

You often hear people failing to fall asleep because of racing thoughts, but jotting down those ideas makes me fall asleep since I got the ideas 'out of my system' so to speak.