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Ask HN: What do you snack on while coding?
I'm finding that working from home often means vising the fridge/kitchen more
What are you snacks of choice while you hack away?
- dragosmocrii 5y agoEver since I started wearing my Invisalign trays, I do zero snacking. I feel great though, since my eating habits are better
- jsiaajdsdaa 5y agopizza, french fries, ice cream, chips, doughnuts, chocolate, pretzels
- cypherg 5y agoif you're body says it's hungry, feed it. i like mixed nuts, hummus, dark chocolate covered almonds, bananas, apples (great air fried with cinnamon), tons of sparkling water, coffee, date rolls, cliff bars, dark chocolate, spicy sichuan peanuts, dried mango edit: almost forgot fancy cheese!
- huehehue 5y agoI stopped grazing when WFH started, since I don't care to replicate the office's snack stash. I signed up for a premade meal service, so I throw a box in the microwave and eat whatever's inside (e.g. salmon/rice/veggies). I end up eating like 3 lunches a day this way, but I'm trying to gain weight so it works out.
- muzani 5y agoWater/tea. Anything else seems like it could be an unhealthy habit. Even the tea is pushing it because of the sugar.
- mikro2nd 5y agoAlcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.
- BlueTrash 5y agograpes old grapes that you can drink (but really i do love grapes) maybe celery or baby carrots. the high water content keeps me awake
- elevanation 5y agoMini-carrots and/or mini tomatoes.
- Pyrodogg 5y agoI really like carrots because they keep very easily and have such as satisfying crunchy freshness. Mini tomatoes are great when you alternate them with a few tiny mozzarella balls. I also drink lots of coffee.
- wheelerof4te 5y agoJust cofee. I don't eat during the coding sessions.
- jstx1 5y agoWater and coffee in the first half of the day. Water only in the second half. Snacks don't work for me at all.
- giantg2 5y agoMy favorite snack while coding is homemade beer and wine.
- drost 5y agoCheese and salami
- trinovantes 5y agoAlmonds, crunchy and healthy (yes I'm aware they're pretty bad for the environment)
- fistfucker3000 5y agoNon caffeinated tea
- bravetraveler 5y agoNot much of a snack eater personally, in the odd situation where it comes up I'll have a banana or something. Caffeine though, that's my weakness
- jsiaajdsdaa 5y ago> not much of a snack eater > caffeine is my weakness I think these two statements are related!
- bravetraveler 5y agoAlmost certain you're right :) Only exception is the nicotine, but I'm working my way down!
- jsiaajdsdaa 5y agogood luck to you! i am the opposite spectrum, always eating but i avoid stimulants like the plague because my heart is always racing to begin with XD
- samorozco 5y agoSnacks typically make me feel drowsy or lose concentration. I will typical eat gum if I need something.
- philip1209 5y ago"Simply Gum". I like the fennel flavor.
- s-lted 5y agoI think snacks are dangerous. Eat while your attention is elsewhere, grow obese, suffer ill health. And going away to prepare a meal gives me time to step back and think over the bigger picture of whatever I’m in the middle of.
- Cerium 5y agoI drink a lot of tea. Snacks are usually fruit or nuts. I reserve unhealthy snacks like chips for a rare night of late work.
- kevinventullo 5y agoHigh carbonation sparkling mineral water. It gives that same “hit” as sipping a can of soda, but is much healthier.
- brezelnbitte 5y agoThe hoppy sodas too can be a nice replacement for beer though my dentist told me to cut back on sparkling water bc the high acidity can cause excess wear on your teeth. I sort of listened.
- ejss 5y agocoffee in the morning and a decaf in the afternoon
- incanus77 5y agoMy go-to is cashews. I used to eat raw, unroasted, unsalted cashews, but during the pandemic, I developed a sensitivity from eating too many, I guess? (tingling mouth/tongue, elevated heart rate) so I’ve recently started roasting them myself, which takes care of the relevant (natural) bacteria. Put them in a pan for 15 minutes at 350F. They taste much better than store bought roasted nuts, too. Other favorites: - Cheddar cheese - Beef/turkey jerky - Salami or other thin-cut cured meats It’s important to watch salt intake, though. Cheap stuff generally has more. And then every afternoon, after 3 or 4, coffee and a “coffee snack”, usually a fig newton or other fresh baked good.
- firstSpeaker 5y agoDo you have any issue with weight gain or something along that line?
- incanus77 5y agoNo, I don't think from snacking, anyway, though also since just before the pandemic started and I was spending more time at home, I started exercising regularly, too.
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- JSONderulo 5y agoJust coffee these days. I feel like I stopped snacking in the last 2 years. I snacked much more when we were in the office. lots of trailmix, wasabi peas, M&Ms, and bowls of cereal. I always had wet wipes lol because of snacks.
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- grue_some 5y agoBugs
- maerF0x0 5y agoLet this be the joke thread. I snack on fresh bits from HN.
- cf100clunk 5y agoDepends if the keyboard I'm using is easily cleanable. If not, I avoid anything crumbly, drippy, or apt to leave orangey-coloured dust on my fingers.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoImpress everyone with your chopstick skills, picking up spherical cheese puffs with the chopsticks, while leaving your fingers clean. Given the texture, weight, and deformability of cheese puffs, it's probably a lot easier than it looks.
- cf100clunk 5y agoOkay I gave chopsticks a try and it messed up my workflow. Before: 1. Type on keyboard and use mouse as needed. 2. Grab snack bite with left hand that leaves orangey-coloured dust on my fingers. 3. Move left hand back to keyboard. After: 1. Type on keyboard and use mouse as needed. 2. Move right hand off keyboard or mouse to location of chopsticks. 3. Pick up and use chopsticks to grab a snack bite. 4. Put down chopsticks. 5. Move right hand back to mouse or keyboard. See, no orangey-coloured dust, but no profit! Maybe I should build a foot-pedal-activated snack launching catapult or trebuchet.
- superfamicom 5y agoI've developed a routine of walking to my local grocery store (Metropolitan Market) and getting a soup from their lunch counter / deli area and sipping on it while I work.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoI used to snack on salted unshelled sunflower seeds. The process of sucking the salt off the shell, breaking the shell open in my mouth, separating the two, spitting out the shell and swallowing the sunflower seed was just the right level of physical distraction to block out most other external stimuli while not breaking my coding concentration. These days I don't snack but if I did, I'd probably go back to sunflower seeds. The pile of chewed up shells is a bit unsightly, even if you have a paper towel to sit them on before dumping them into the trash, so that's something to keep in mind if you share your workspace with others.
- fknorangesite 5y agoNothing.
- yakubin 5y agoMy most common snack is a green sour apple (granny smith) sliced into 8 semi-equal pieces with the core removed. I put them on a small plate and subconsciously eat while thinking.
- rendall 5y agoI don't snack, because I'll get fat. I saw a guy who snacked on carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes throughout the day that he brought to work in the morning. Even though I think that's pretty cool, I never picked up that habit
- NoSorryCannot 5y agoI avoid eating before dinner time, say five o'clock in the afternoon. I try not to keep snackable foods in stock. I kind of gave up on this when the pandemic began and my weight went out of control. Then, I would have said peanut butter pretzels. I'm back on the wagon now.
- 1MachineElf 5y agopeanut butter filled pretzel bites
- simonsaysso 5y agoI try to avoid snacking whenever possible but you always have to plan for at least one trip to the kitchen per day. I can’t tell if there’s some subtext in your question about “healthy” snacks, but that’s what you’re gonna get from me. Bell peppers are an awesome snack. Just sweet enough to stop the craving and I never need more than one. I boil 6 eggs whenever I’m out and leave then in a bowl in the fridge. I love boiled eggs but rarely have more than 1 at a time, and I’ll never take the time to boil a new one in the moment. Boiling 6 at once takes care of breakfast and snacks for a couple days. 15 almonds is about 100 calories. When I want something crunchy and savory I’ll eat that with a bit of salt. Yogurt. Again, it’s one of my favorite snacks and 1 cup is a bit under 200 calories. Stay hydrated. It’s amazing how often you’re actually slightly thirsty but feel like you need food. I keep a liter of water at my desk. If I find myself hanging out in the kitchen for any longer than 1 item, I go for a walk or stretch for a few minutes. I need to physically distract myself to give my body the time to realize it just ate something. When I absolutely need sugar, I try to reach for an apple but it often transforms into a handful of Mike and Ike’s.
- nihilist_t21 5y ago+1 on the bell peppers. Delicious to snack on.
- tluyben2 5y agoI actually forget to eat (including snacking) while coding. It is not good as when I come out, I eat fast and more than I should. However, I have not been able to break these habits in the past 3 decades.
- errantmind 5y agoI don't snack. I avoid carbs until I eat my one meal a day. The closest I get to a snack is the heavy whipping cream in my coffee in the morning.
- for1nner 5y agohummus with: - veg - pita/bread - crackers - cheese - fruits (olives, dates, apples, pear) easy, riffable, modifiable (add olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, fresh pepper, jam). Pretty healthy.
- kleer001 5y agoTea, water. Sometimes a digestive biscuit with said tea.