[themodelplumber]

(Note: I consider interests, waking dreams (ideas, meditations, & imaginations), and dreams to be on a sort of subjective-metaphorical continuum.)

Anyway whenever I "dream" about programming it's almost always a scheduling cue. The exact type of programming, technique, language, etc. will provide details as to the type of scheduling that needs to be done.

For example, an interest in lisp seems to point to high-level, conceptual plan-making/life-design which leads toward a schedule. BASIC interest seems to point toward making a simple schedule / zeit-plan and working up from there. Getting with the program, metaphorically.

I mention this in part because you brought up the deadline...and that is related to schedules and timing.

If I dream about debugging, there's almost certainly a timing issue in my schedule, something unrealistic or problematic.

Just my subjective experience...