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Very silly article. Yes lots of programmers, good and bad, smoke pot. No, there are not very many good programmers who think they can write good code while high
by Myrmornis 14y ago
Very silly article. Yes lots of programmers, good and bad, smoke pot. No, there are not very many good programmers who think they can write good code while high.
- dougk16 14y agoFor me it's not a matter of coding while high, but pot does make me a more effective programmer overall. When stuck with a hard problem, smoking allows my creative side to come out more, and attack the problem from angles that I couldn't even consider while sober. Sometimes that doesn't work, and I go for a run. Sometimes that doesn't work, and I just need time. But pot remains a primary tool in my toolbox for tackling difficult programming challenges.
- yesimahuman 14y agoI call it an "abstraction-enabler" and also appreciate its ability to help me understand complexity. It's not something I find effective while pounding out code (alcohol neither): that's what caffeine is for.
- Myrmornis 14y agodougk16, yesimahuman -- you're right, I didn't mean to imply that it couldn't sometimes be good for thinking about things, including hard things.
- Stratoscope 14y agoI think you will be interested to know what we called it in the 70's: Programmer's Fuel