Comments on: Coding At Night, What a Strange Feeling…

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:49:26 +0000

Hmm, I wonder if this calls for a poll…

By: magallanes

magallanes — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:22:49 +0000

Me too, i am a daylight people but i knowns “vampire people” that produce well pass midnight.

By: BC

BC — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:21:19 +0000

I can’t program by myself. I need others around me just to break up the workday a bit.

I’m also a morning person too and can get a lot of work done before lunch.

By: David Boudreau

David Boudreau — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:38:32 +0000

Yeah I think coding at night and coming into the office on holidays when no one is around is best explained simply because there are no interruptions.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:57:20 +0000

Bit like the thing that happened when playing Civilization I: “one more turn” …

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:09:10 +0000

You get on a roll and just have to finish…

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:11:03 +0000

Heh, at the Uni I remember playing Vampire rpg (online) until 5 am… and then I was simply too tired to continue watching the screen… and fell to sleep (I had no chairs, just bed + computer desk in my room :D)

“I was programming until 2am last night. Problem is it’s hard to go to sleep then as your brain is whirring and overtired.”
…then why the heck are you doing that? :D

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:27:48 +0000

I was programming until 2am last night. Problem is it’s hard to go to sleep then as your brain is whirring and overtired.

By: Shadhex

Shadhex — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:22:17 +0000

I was a night time programmer all through university, I just loved the feeling of programming knowing there is no possibility for interruptions. This had to stop when I finally had a 9-5 job, which went more on the 9-8 side. Now that I have the over time under control, I’m back to programming around late evening to night time once the kid is in bed. I do find my productivity slowing down when I pass the midnight range though, so I try not to go too late (diminishing returns and all that :) ).

By: Toni Mäkinen

Toni Mäkinen — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:17:12 +0000

All nighter FTW indeed! For me it’s kinda the only option. I get home around 9pm from my “day” job. So I’m most productive during 10pm – 4am, if I’m not doing something useless like gaming or watching movies.