Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

Posted by bytebln on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:53AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've heard the phrase "Think high, work sober" and I basically agree with the premise. I don't smoke when I have a deadline, but sometimes I like to change my perspective and mind-space sometimes. Mostly I had really good ideas about coding (or solving problems/bugs in a much different way) when I smoked weed.

Have you ever coded while being high? What was the result?

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was th... by mikro2nd on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:12AM (#30006585)

Results were disastrous. Looked at the code the next day, threw it all out and started again. Every time.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was th... by sysadm1n on Thursday January 20, 2022 @09:49AM (#30009542)

I don't partake, but one strategy I use is dreaming up of ideas at 'the witching hour' of 3AM in the morning, jotting down ideas, so I can work on them when I wake up. For some reason my mind races at that hour, so I take full advantage of it.

You often hear people failing to fall asleep because of racing thoughts, but jotting down those ideas makes me fall asleep since I got the ideas 'out of my system' so to speak.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever coded while being high? What was th... by paulbishop on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:35AM (#30006734)

wtf? You can code sober?! #Revelation

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