Morning is the most productive time for me. I figured out a few factors that affect my performance in the morning: - Schedule: I sleep 11pm to 7am every day,

Morning is the most productive time for me. I figured out a few factors that affect my performance in the morning: - Schedule: I sleep 11pm to 7am every day, including weekends. - Drink 2-3 glasses of water right after waking up. - Have a clear plan for the first thing I should do in the morning. About the latter one: I think about solutions to the most challenging programming/architecture problem I had during the day while falling asleep in the evening. Then the first thing that pops up in my mind the moment I wake up is the ideas I had dozing off. I grab a cup of coffee and start working right away. Been using this technique for years.