Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding?

Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by neverminder on Saturday October 06, 2018 @06:01AM (#18154363)

Modafinil can (sometimes literally) save your life when you're sleep deprived or during a crunch time. Not to be abused, obviously. Everything else just fails in at least one of 3 ways: tolerance build up, side effects or just not enough impact.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by thatcat on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:29AM (#18154810)

Can confirm, modafinil saved me just this week. It's great as long as you can flex your schedule to catch up on sleep relatively quickly after the crunch.

Something I've noticed with it is that I can breath a lot easier when I take it. I have asthma and get seasonal allergies, and it dilates my sinus cavity.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by trelliscoded on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:19AM (#18154761)

Someone was telling me the other day that they're starting to use it as a first line treatment for depression and people have been on it continuously for years. I wonder what it would do to the valley if all the programmers were on it...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by ParanoidShroom on Saturday October 06, 2018 @10:39AM (#18155346)

I've seen it being abused by people who are creeping into a burnout. Making the burn in deeper.

Like any stim, especially in our community, be careful.

It sure is fun, but pretty much wasted if doing on a day to day job.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by cultus on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:10AM (#18155508)

I've never used it, but it does have far, far lower abuse potential than traditional stims such adderall or other amphetamines. I could definitely buy that psychological dependence could occur pretty easily, though.

[ Parent | on HN ]