I find that switching to a completely different approach or strategy becomes more difficult when tired. Depending on the context, that could be called persistence of perseverence (begin good or bad, respectively). However, in my opinion, not being able to view things from a different angle is usually counterproductive.
Cheers!! Albert-Jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Mon, 11/16/09, Luke Paireepinart <[email protected]> wrote: From: Luke Paireepinart <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Writing code while tired, counterproductive? To: "OkaMthembo" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 9:56 AM I hate to be the odd one out here, but I actually find that I am extremely productive when I'm tired. It's easier for me to commit completely to the code, when I'm well-rested I dream about running through fields of sunflowers and such, get distracted more easily. The code I write when I'm tired is usually of marginally worse quality, but it's usually easy to audit it when I'm rested and fix any problems. Although if I'm trying to solve something particularly difficult, especially something I've never done before, sometimes I won't be able to do it until I wake up a bit. Note that this is for being tired, not exhausted. If I'm exhausted I write a whole lot of awful code that I have to completely rewrite when I wake up. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:57 AM, OkaMthembo <[email protected]> wrote: >From first-hand experience, i would concur :) A refreshed mind will perform much better than an over-exerted one. On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Alan Gauld <[email protected]> wrote: "Modulok" <[email protected]> wrote Does anyone else find, writing code while tired to be counterproductive? Yes. Doing anything that is mentally taxing is usually a bad idea when tired! Alan G _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Regards, Lloyd _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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