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by pram 1731 days ago
Yeah same. Once I’m on a certain train of thought I can’t stop. Those are the days where I have 5am commits because I never went to bed lol

No one is demanding I do that though. They’d probably think I’m crazy tbh

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Crazy? Maybe. Shooting yourself in the foot? Definitely.

The number of times I stepped away from a problem after hammering at it for a couple of hours, took a break, got some sleep, and came back to it and solved it in < 30 minutes is...solidly in the double digits by this point.

You may find yourself better served forcing yourself to step away; you may find you get an answer with less work, and take better care of yourself.