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I kinda feel I can code better when mildly sedated - eg late at night, after a beer. If I'm thinking too much I get distracted. If I know I wont get interrupte

• ZeroGravitas 5y ago
  I used to end up working in the middle of the night as it combined this feeling of exhaustion and solitude. I can't really do it anymore for multiple reasons, but I try to at least get the solitude or physical tiredness through exercise. I've noticed lately that "not being interrupted" is good, but "knowing deep in your soul that you can't be interupted" is better. I think Cal Newport or someone was where I originally saw this idea spelled out, and it made a lot of sense of routines that I'd adopted subconciously and allowed me to plan them more explicitly. I'm currently looking for a way to automate the pause of all incoming comms until the end of a pomodoro period.