If you are going to write that much, please use a better platform than Twitter.
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Sleep quality and stress level matter more than languages or practices
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#32I’ve been wondering about this WRT the 969 policy at companies in China. Why did they not immediately see a drop in productivity when implemented? Is China’s software industry making itself less competitive by not letting its workers sleep enough?
Measuring productivity is impossible because you can’t do repeated experiments
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#33The big picture is trivially true -- if you don't sleep, you die. Where's your favorite language, now? Similarly if you don't eat -- yet few people would make a rant about "food quality matters more than languages". There's still a lot of nuance. What studies there are don't negate the existence of variability either. Well, then what's the point of bringing up the subject? Taken broadly sleep is important as life its…
Given that your big picture conveniently ignores stress it is not "trivially true" after all. :-P
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#34Related: determination matters more than intelligence
Maybe tools don't matter much either, but... essays on twitter?
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#35If you are going to write that much, please use a better platform than Twitter.
I'd say Twitter is the perfect platform for non sense like this. Where else can you come up with great wisdom like: Hey sleeping is more important then TDD, and have thousands of people join in on your little rant, like you just discovered the great solution to all problems in software development.
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#36I had chronic insomnia for several years. But then I’ve stopped coding right before sleeping at least 1-3 hours in advance and now I can finally sleep. Who would’ve thought.
I am just finding that out now. I read something that it could be due to the blue light from LED screens, TVs, phones, etc. I hope to end my insomnia too.
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#37Sure, but languages and practices contribute significantly to sleep quality and stress level.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
The sibling replies neglect to mention that midday naps are very common in China (across all age groups), with lunchtimes typically being 2 hours long. It's really not that different to Google having nap pods.
Google has nap pods? Wow...that remindsof mats they used to have for us in preschool. Sheesh.
Stigmatizing naps is so boneheaded, petty and backwards that I'm surprised to see anyone on this site so casually write something like this. Literally read anything on the subject, please?
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#39If you are going to write that much, please use a better platform than Twitter.
> Twitter is my stream of consciousness thoughts, blog ( http://hillelwayne.com ) is my heavily edited and revised thoughts https://twitter.com/hillelogram/status/1119765732127072256
That explanation actually kind of makes it worse.
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#40This is why I recommend every developer read Deep Work by Cal Newport and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. Deep Work in particular made a bigger impact on my programming than any thing else in ~25 years, including languages frameworks and tools. What I’m saying is, good sleep and the principles from Deep Work made more of an impact on my productivity than switching from Java Spring, to Ruby on Rails, or to functional…
Just bought Deep Work because you mentioned it; Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You was refreshing.