Programming in your sleep or in the shower or any other place away from the computer is awesome, because it's often where you'll achieve a breakthrough (even in

Programming in your sleep or in the shower or any other place away from the computer is awesome, because it's often where you'll achieve a breakthrough (even in your sleep)! As Rich Hickey would say, slowing down and stepping away from the computer forces you to think more deeply about a problem and explore it more. I view it as a good thing, but it usually only happens to me when I've been deep in a problem for a while, so it's an occasional thing.