Good for you!

edit: not actually good for you

Doesn't seem bad for me either.

I believe the focus of what's being said is that people who claim to work these insane hours, _and_ manage to keep all other plates in their personal lives spinning, usually do not spend that much time doing productive work.

That is not to say that there are others who can do many actual productive hours. But usually, at least in my personal experience, when one does that they are sacrificing other aspects of their personal life in the hopes that when they achieve their goals they can then deal with everything else.

In my experience, things don't really work out all that well. Ideally one should find balance in the now.

It kind of depends what the work is and if it's tiring. Take someone like Warren Buffett - he's reading and thinking pretty much all working hours but it's what he likes to do and not especially tiring. Seems to work quite well in that case. The only real downside seems to have been his family complaining they didn't see enough of him.

How many plates do I need in my personal life to be balanced?

How many years have you spent doing it?

I did that once for 18 months and spent two years burned out afterwards. And bragging about it is basically a hubris of considering oneself a superhuman.

3ish? Haven't actually kept meticulous records but the workload is a matter of circumstance.

Exception does not make a rule.

Is this 100% actually coding?

Nope. Probably about 50% coding.

Can I ask what's the other 50%?