[jasonjackson]

These articles pop up all the time, as if people hadn't had the foresight to realize their brain function decreases when they don't sleep. Sleep deprivation is a tool which allows you to sacrifice some degree of brain functioning (different for each person) to gain in other areas like meeting hard deadlines, or taking advantage of your programmer flow state, or the positive feeling you get knowing you grinded away at a task non-stop until completion.

[epochwolf]

Yes, it's a tool but if you're constantly reaching for it, you have a problem. This tool robs future productivity at a 2 for 1 ratio. The only thing it's good for is getting a small task done sooner at the expense of getting other stuff done later.