I used to say: "There's nothing wrong about coding while being drunk, just don't commit!". But now, it'd be more "There's nothing wrong about coding AND commiting while being drunk, just don't push it!"
Code sober, get things done drunk
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Re: Code sober, get things done drunk
#12If the problem is that you are too timid to get things done normally, the solution is not to get drunk. The solution is to get some balls.
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#13Great point on taking care of the monotony a few drinks in. How you're coping with disliking flying is a whole other conversation haha.
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#14Well I'm drinking Absolut Vodka right now, but that's just 'cause I'm hung over. Writing code is the farthest thing from my mind right now...
Seriously though, let's start a discussion about better coding through chemistry in general. Nicotine patches? Smart/nootropic drugs? Supplements? Preferred caffeine delivery vectors? Etc. What works for you?
Anyone tried Modafinil?
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#15I've coded twice while buzzed and had great results. I think it may have done something to curb my ADD, which led to some serious focus and feeling of motivation- I was able to focus on problems without other distractions floating in my mind. I figured the code quality would have suffered, but that wasn't the case.
I rarely drink so I would not do this regularly, but I would like to find a less destructive way to achieve the same coding euphoria.
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#16Well I'm drinking Absolut Vodka right now, but that's just 'cause I'm hung over. Writing code is the farthest thing from my mind right now... Seriously though, let's start a discussion about better coding through chemistry in general. Nicotine patches? Smart/nootropic drugs? Supplements? Preferred caffeine delivery vectors? Etc. What works for you? Anyone tried Modafinil?
Hell no.
I enjoy a drink or a cup of coffee, but I wouldn't touch any kind of supplement or nootropic with a barge pole.
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#17Yeah, sounds like a really great idea to handle business communication while being intoxicated... If you write 20 lines of BS code, it does not really matter. Thanks to your VCS you revert and finito. On the hand, one wrong email can haunt you, because it affects people. There is no undo.
Do you drink regularly? I don't know anyone who gets 2-3 drinks in them and becomes an entirely different person.
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#18If the problem is that you are too timid to get things done normally, the solution is not to get drunk. The solution is to get some balls.
yeah, really! We don't need that crap to code especially. Do you think people that do free solo or base jumping will get tipsy just to get more ballsy? no, they get over their fears and that's much more rewarding.
Re: Code sober, get things done drunk
#19Well I'm drinking Absolut Vodka right now, but that's just 'cause I'm hung over. Writing code is the farthest thing from my mind right now... Seriously though, let's start a discussion about better coding through chemistry in general. Nicotine patches? Smart/nootropic drugs? Supplements? Preferred caffeine delivery vectors? Etc. What works for you? Anyone tried Modafinil?
Hell no. I enjoy a drink or a cup of coffee, but I wouldn't touch any kind of supplement or nootropic with a barge pole.
Not even stuff like fish oil, vitamin D, piracetam, gingko, stuff like that?