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Thank you for the visual write-up. You've named and described something that wasn't even aware of - how I came to develop my best functionalities. Initial work

by dexen 6y ago

Thank you for the visual write-up. You've named and described something that wasn't even aware of - how I came to develop my best functionalities. Initial work in a half-dreamy state, and clean up later on. Probably more of a holistic, rather than analytical, approach to design. The secret might have been, all along, wake up late, arrive at work shortly after without doing much in between[1], and start designing already while commuting. Notably I've been able to achieve a little bit of the same while half-falling asleep, with the added caveat that it requires jotting down good ideas for the next day. And they may be not quite discernible the next day. Bears repeating - not quite the best code, but certainly the best functionalities. -- [1] breakfast before work is a productivity killer

jacobush 6y ago
Breakfast for me is the occasional weekend perk. A lazy luxury. I love it. But not for working days.
cainxinth 6y ago
A quote often misattributed to Hemingway puts it even simpler: “Write drunk, edit sober.”
- KineticLensman 6y ago
  “If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of the house where the discussion was held submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober.” Herodotus, allegedly
  - madcaptenor 6y ago
    You left out the rest of it: " Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk." So it's not just that all decisions should be considered sober; it's that they should be considered both sober and drunk.
    - KineticLensman 6y ago
      > You left out the rest of it Intentionally, yes. I couldn't find a definitive translation that I liked. Here's another take: "They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking." I really just wanted to riff on the subject of involving alcohol in decision making.

by dexen 6y ago

jacobush 6y ago

Breakfast for me is the occasional weekend perk. A lazy luxury. I love it. But not for working days.

cainxinth 6y ago

A quote often misattributed to Hemingway puts it even simpler: “Write drunk, edit sober.”

KineticLensman 6y ago
“If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of the house where the discussion was held submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober.” Herodotus, allegedly
- madcaptenor 6y ago
  You left out the rest of it: " Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk." So it's not just that all decisions should be considered sober; it's that they should be considered both sober and drunk.
  - KineticLensman 6y ago
    > You left out the rest of it Intentionally, yes. I couldn't find a definitive translation that I liked. Here's another take: "They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking." I really just wanted to riff on the subject of involving alcohol in decision making.