No stimulants, just polyphasic sleep. I get the jitters if I try caffeine...
The knowledge that if I go to sleep, it will take me hours to get back in the zone again.
What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
11–20 of 31 posts
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#12If I need a stimulant to keep me awake, I go to sleep.
Pulling an all-nighter when I'm already in sleep debt only produces code that sucks. The next day, I'm too tired to be functional and I've got a bunch of code that needs to be thrown out and rewritten. Sleep is a better use of time.
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#13If I told you I might get arrested
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#14If I need a stimulant to keep me awake, I go to sleep. Pulling an all-nighter when I'm already in sleep debt only produces code that sucks. The next day, I'm too tired to be functional and I've got a bunch of code that needs to be thrown out and rewritten. Sleep is a better use of time.
Agreed. I don't even drink or ingest any stimulants. Keeps my sleep much more regular.
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#15I enjoy a nice mix a Vault energy soda while listening to the Chemical Brothers - Come With Us album.
my combination exactly.
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#16Tea, Earl Grey, unadulterated.
No post body was provided.
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#17Jasmine tea and Led Zeppelin.
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratom
Kratom is a great stimulant. If you take too much, you don't get jittery, you just get really happy.
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#19No stimulants, just polyphasic sleep. I get the jitters if I try caffeine...
The knowledge that if I go to sleep, it will take me hours to get back in the zone again.
Try limiting your naps to 20 minutes. This prevents you from entering the deep phases of the sleep cycle which is what causes you to be drowsy.
If you are really hardcore you can go all out and convert to the Uberman polyphasic sleep cycle. 6 20 min naps, every 4 hours apart. Once adapted you can code for 22 hours a day its awesome...
Re: What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night?
#20No stimulants, just polyphasic sleep. I get the jitters if I try caffeine...
Are you doing a true uberman schedule? How's that working for you?