This may be unpopular, but anyway, my recipe: 1. Don't use twitter. Remain offline as long as possible. 2. During the time you're offline do this: think / cod

This may be unpopular, but anyway, my recipe: 1. Don't use twitter. Remain offline as long as possible. 2. During the time you're offline do this: think / code / think / remove code / think / code tests / code (order may vary) I esp. like removing code. "Every line of code not written is a correct one" !! I recently did a very successful project for a demanding customer by cutting the code by 60%. 3. Make your time window for learning, comparing code, check others' code. Resist coding during that time. Use the right source of information - the best would be analyzing the whole programs to have a better context. Avoid CPDD (Copy/Paste Driven Development) like a plague. Read paper books on programming - the brain works in a different way when reading a dead tree text. Sorry for not answering your question directly. This was a polite - I hope - way to say that gists on twitter won't win the game.