[zxexz]

This is the way. The only way I can stop coding and stay comfortable when it’s getting late, especially if it’s something even mildly interesting, is to do a borderline incoherent mind dump and break the linter/formatter. Just all my thoughts, what I was working on, other places I may need to change code. I usually end up closing the laptop before I describe the why, but the act of writing it all down usually makes that come back before I’ve finished reading the first few words the next time I revisit it. I’ve found this remarkably effective to the point I often just do a mind dump the moment I feel tired at all, and end up in a better place than if I kept pushing.

[nhoughto]

Yep

Couple of, retrospectively, often almost incoherent sentences to capture top of mind state when I give up because it’s late.

I’ll write this gibberish comment here because I’ll definitely forget what I was doing and if the compile fails I probably won’t miss it!