[Tutor] Writing code while tired, counterproductive?

[Luke Paireepinart]

I hate to be the odd one out here, but I actually find that I am extremely
productive when I'm tired.  It's easier for me to commit completely to the
code, when I'm well-rested I dream about running through fields of
sunflowers and such, get distracted more easily.  The code I write when I'm
tired is usually of marginally worse quality, but it's usually easy to audit
it when I'm rested and fix any problems.  Although if I'm trying to solve
something particularly difficult, especially something I've never done
before, sometimes I won't be able to do it until I wake up a bit.  Note that
this is for being tired, not exhausted.  If I'm exhausted I write a whole
lot of awful code that I have to completely rewrite when I wake up.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:57 AM, OkaMthembo <zebra05 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >From first-hand experience, i would concur :)
>
> A refreshed mind will perform much better than an over-exerted one.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> "Modulok" <modulok at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>  Does anyone else find, writing code while tired to be counterproductive?
>>>
>>
>> Yes. Doing anything that is mentally taxing is usually a bad idea when
>> tired!
>>
>> Alan G
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