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by wruza 612 days ago
Could be anything from 8 to 24+ hours sessions (with some pauses) when I started, later in life settled on 5 hours a day when I work - that’s my peak time spent * value added mode. I avoid big pauses and chitchat cause that costs focus. I also avoid deadlines, except for “done; start it today” mode. I do code outside of “job”, but it’s hard to tell how much because it’s irregular and one-shot.

Recalling my long sessions when I was young, no value in these. I could spend many hours doing some nonsense just because I could. It was more like fiddling than coding and I’m not sure it was as demanding as real focused work. Pretty sure I can still fiddle all day and night, just without that much enthusiasm. I guess it helped with understanding fundamental things which turned out to be finite.

Night time is the best. Mornings I just sleep through, completely useless time for me. Probably due to ambient sounds.

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> 24+ hours

I'm impressed that you manage to code for more than 24 hours in one day.

(Yes, I know what you meant. It just seemed funny.)

#1 on the list⁰! (But I don't blame you)

⁰. https://gist.github.com/timvisee/fcda9bbdff88d45cc9061606b4b...

“The average days is longer than 24 hours” is always a fun one.