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Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by elvecinodeabajo on Saturday October 06, 2018 @06:46AM (#18154467)
I smoke cannabis. But sometimes I get so high that finding a coding error may be frustrating and a long job.

I like cannabis and coding, but I feel I code faster and better (harder, stronger...) when I'm totally sober.

Re:Ask HN: Do you do drugs while coding? by atrilumen on Saturday October 06, 2018 @10:25AM (#18155272)
I like your honesty.

A little seems to help, especially when you're getting older and it's getting more painful to stare at text all day.

Too much though, and you might as well take a nap and then get some coffee. (But if you're an obsessive retard like me, you skip the nap and double the coffee. The battle waits for no one. To war!)

I do like to brainstorm super high, though. The best ideas seem to repeatedly emerge from the fog, while dead ends drift away.

But yeah, for getting things done, better to go easy on it.

I say use it if it helps you, but don't fool yourself. Keep it real.