Re:Ask HN: What is your drink of choice while coding?
by cauterized on Friday January 27, 2017 @07:22AM
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Water.
If you can wean yourself off your caffeine dependency, being well hydrated will keep you awake better than caffeine - without crashes, withdrawals, or ill effects on your sleep.
Sugary caffeinated drinks will compound the high->crash effect. And cause you to put on weight. And screw with your metabolism (putting you at risk for diabetes).
I also like to drink tea, iced in summer. One cup caffeinated in the morning (a cup of tea has half to a tenth as much caffeine as a cup of drip coffee). Unlimited herbal and decaf in the afternoon. Zero calories, or 5 per cup if I add milk. No sugar.
If you need flavor and fizz to enjoy your drinks, may I suggest the flavored seltzers such as LaCroix that are now all the rage?
If you can wean yourself off your caffeine dependency, being well hydrated will keep you awake better than caffeine - without crashes, withdrawals, or ill effects on your sleep.
Sugary caffeinated drinks will compound the high->crash effect. And cause you to put on weight. And screw with your metabolism (putting you at risk for diabetes).
I also like to drink tea, iced in summer. One cup caffeinated in the morning (a cup of tea has half to a tenth as much caffeine as a cup of drip coffee). Unlimited herbal and decaf in the afternoon. Zero calories, or 5 per cup if I add milk. No sugar.
If you need flavor and fizz to enjoy your drinks, may I suggest the flavored seltzers such as LaCroix that are now all the rage?