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by mschaef 987 days ago
I tend to agree with the other commenters suggesting you just step away from the keyboard for a while. I've been programming for 40 years... it can be addictive, fun, and useful... but there are other and more important things in life. Focus on those.

If that advice falls on deaf ears, and you really do want to write code on your time off, then here are some suggestions. I was about to say 'welcome to how we used to code'... but there are differences, both positive and negative.

* Tools like `git` are invaluable to the extent they let you manage source code control offline. Use them if you don't already.

* Settle on your dependencies and frameworks while you have network access. Download all the source you can for future reading.

* Focus on algorithmic work.... places where it's more about thinking through the code you're writing rather than interfacing with something else. (Hard these days.)

* Buy and bring some books. There are still good programming books that can be useful. You won't be totally at the cutting edge with these, but you probably don't need to be either.

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Agreed with the books advice (and the general advice of course.

More to the point though, op says “productive” and there’s more ways to be productive than doing grunt work. Bring books about things you want to learn or improve in your life, not necessarily code. See for example any of the books published by Stripe Press (https://press.stripe.com).