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I have dreamed of code. There are times when it feels like I am patterning the dream space (each space has its own rules, plot, feel, etc). When I was working
by hosh 10y ago
I have dreamed of code. There are times when it feels like I am patterning the dream space (each space has its own rules, plot, feel, etc).
When I was working with Kubernetes intensely, I was moving around abstract "lego blocks" representing concepts. The space was black, 3D, no gravity. (I remember someone coming into the space to visit and I told her I'm still working on it...)
There were times when I was trying to figure out something in the dream and a different mind-thread was hacking code that maps to the plot of the original mind-thread.
I have walked in dream spaces where I took a corner off the happy path and watched the world glitch for a moment and start procedurally generating.
There were dreams about startups, working in an office (I work remotely most of the time).
Lucidity and clarity varies. Sometimes it is very clear, the visuals and the coding concepts I am working with are sharp. Sometimes they are fuzzy. It is occasionally lucid (how aware I am that I am dreaming). That "semi-hypnotic" state seems like it is not high on the lucidity spectrum. That's pretty normal if you are coding in a semi-hypnotic state while coding during the day.
I usually meditate before falling asleep, try to offload things in my day's working memory. It's usually whatever I am binging on, whether it is coding, anime, or even martial arts or whatever. For example, there was a time when I binge watch My Little Ponies and saw the ponies cavorting in the phosphenes. I'm not surprise this happens with code.