Modafinil and Startups

Re:Modafinil and Startups by amirf on Monday February 27, 2012 @10:15AM (#3639211)

The music also made a big difference. Listening to Infected Mushroom while high on Modafinil and coding up a storm made me feel like I was some kind of insane coding machine that could complete pretty much any coding task in record time.

Hilarious :)

On a more serious note - this sounds a lot like taking Ritalin. I was just as productive if I was well rested, ...and working on something I cared about. - this isn't always an option. Sure, heavy use of anything isn't good. Lest we forget it's a drug after all, even regular use might be too much for some.

I really liked the article and the approach on things.

Thanks

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Re:Modafinil and Startups by peterarmstrong on Tuesday February 28, 2012 @01:26AM (#3642149)

I'm glad someone else noticed the mention of Infected Mushroom. I had many good (no Modafinil, just caffeine) coding binges listening to it years ago. After a while it gets too much and you move on to Oakenfold mixes, Daft Punks' Alive 2007, etc, but if you've never coded to Infected Mushroom's Classical Mushroom you need to try it...

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