At what time of day do famous programmers work?
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At what time of day do famous programmers work?
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#2There is a possible issue though - would they commit immediately after coding - how long do they need to work on a commit before actually committing it?
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#3There is a possible issue though - would they commit immediately after coding - how long do they need to work on a commit before actually committing it?
Another issue is that when you travel to a different timezone, you don't necessarily update the timezone of your system.
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#4I've been meaning to do something very similar to this for a while to see what hours people at large tech companies are committing at
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#5There is a possible issue though - would they commit immediately after coding - how long do they need to work on a commit before actually committing it?
For one or two isolated commits, that is a fair question. But with hundreds I think it evens out.
A more detailed analysis could also take in account the number of changes. How many files per commit? How many lines, maybe?
The day of week is also a very interesting metric, that is very visible e.g. on github's timeline. I know my busiest days in terms of commits are in the middle of the week, a marked decrease on Friday afternoons, and if there are commits in the weekend, they most likely contain swearing in the message.
Edit: I'm betting Brad Fitzpatrick's pattern in Go (current job?) and memchached (not current job?) would vary in terms of day of week, not just hour.
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#6tl;dr Rob Pike eats lunch at noon
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#7I write a lot of code at night, then commit during the day after a double-check.
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#8I wonder how much this is related to age.
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#9Does this take into account timezones?
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#10I'm a forgetful person, so I commit very often but with label "tmp", and later I squash them all into 1 proper commit before pushing. I'm sure I'm not alone, so commit time can't be used as barometer.