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I've been coding at home for 20 years now. I really don't know how I'd do in an office environment now. I need quiet, solitude, and no interruptions at work, a
by oblib 9y ago
I've been coding at home for 20 years now. I really don't know how I'd do in an office environment now.
I need quiet, solitude, and no interruptions at work, and a good nights sleep before it.
I don't know how people can code with music playing or people talking and coming in and out of the work space. I can't hear myself think with that around me and it bugs the hell out of me.
I code in spurts. If I'm focused I won't stop and I'll keep coding until I'm exhausted and get a shit ton of work done, and then I need time off.
When I'm tired and "burnt out" I can't code squat. I just sit there and stare and can't really follow and track logic and if I try to write something it's garbage and will break stuff and I'm better off not mucking with anything at all.
As far as tools go, I've been using BBEdit the entire time. I use it for JS, Perl, HTML, CSS, Python, plain old text and most everything else I might code. I use it more than any other app I have.
I still use "Fetch" for the Mac to transfer files. It works for me.
I use a few Raspberry Pi computers connected to my LAN and configured similar to my production servers for development and to keep working when I lose my internet connection. Where I live, in a rural area, that happens quite a bit.
I have a collection of disk images for the Pi that I use to prototype stuff on and experiment with. I can hack on those and break them or copy them and go from there or start over again on something else with a fresh install in just a few minutes.
The Pi has become one of my favorite tools. I can emulate the internet in my office on my desk and work on building a server dedicated to a specific task and then mimic the install on a production quality VPS. I even have a disk setup to use as portable PC on trips now and don't bring a laptop anymore. I bring a small bag of adaptors for monitors and a tiny wireless keyboard with a touchpad and that's it. Everything important is on a microSD that's easy to remove and conceal and replace.
- aphextron 9y ago+1 for BBEdit. I may have just converted from Sublime.