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I think this one of the first articles I saw on the CP news feed, a study into alchohol and its effects on a persons performance. It basically says between 1-2 pints we become more focused and more able to code efficiently, who know's if its true..... hack day test?
http://betabeat.com/2012/04/bottoms-up-the-ballmer-peak-is-real-study-says/[^]
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Once had a programmer that wrote his best code after drinking two beers or more. I asked him, how is this possible. He said that he learned programming while drinking in college.
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I heard that the 1st version of Lotus 1,2,3 was written in 3 days on a speed jaunt
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As opposed to Blotus Goats, which was produced on the back of Meth & Crack frenzy
speramus in juniperus
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If money is your hope for independence, you cannot reach it.
Being loved gives you strength,
while loving gives you courage.
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Once, being stinking drunk, I solved the problem I could not solve for couple of days. I did it elegantly and efficiently, it actually worked precisely as expected. The only problem was that I spent next half day after I got sober trying to understand how the hell did it actually work... 
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. T.Jefferson
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I've done that a couple of times on personal projects (although maybe the solution was not efficient, it certainly wasn't elegant)
When I wake up the next morning I usually don't even look at the code, I just throw it away and start again.
Pete
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Well, as I said it happened only once, and presumably is just a good luck In general I avoid coding when drunk because of absolutely unpredictable results.
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. T.Jefferson
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are either saints or liars !!!!
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Can you please elaborate?
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"Quote: A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code.
Caffeine is a mind-altering drug, but I would agree that it improves focus, clarity of thought, length of attention span, and the quality of the end product.
There have been a handful of times where I coded after consuming alchohol, and even my managers are guilty of that. The responsible folks in Quality Assurance take care of situations like this.
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RichardInToronto wrote:
Caffeine is a mind-altering drug, but I would agree that it improves focus,
clarity of thought, length of attention span, and the quality of the end
product.
Some people forget, focus comes at he expense of seeing the big picture, and from my feeling, caffeine does not "help" you to focus but it forces you to a narrower perception, especially when it's used in attempt to compensate for lack of sleep.
So I'm not sure I can agree on that "improves quality of end product" thing. When automated testing is in place anyway ^^
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Caffeine makes little difference to me since I was drinking between 2 to 6 Liters of Mountain Dew a day for 20 years, the exception being when I get a large iced cappuccino with 6 to 9 shots of espresso, but that has been less than 5 times in my life. Recently I switched my primary drinks to Green Tea (just under a gallon a day), Vitamin enriched kids orange juice (1/2 Gallon/day) and chocolate soy milk (1/2 gallon/day). Much healthier, and much more expensive.
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Those answering "no" to the survey are either
Saints: since they don't do drugs or alcohol when working (which is very sainty from my point of view)
Liars: since there are quite a lot of people who will not admit to taking drugs (legal as well as illegal) or drinking while at work and omit those few times they resumed coding after going to a leaving / retirement party of the gal / pal from the third floor....
I agree that some people will never dringk a cup of coffee or tea nor drink any redbullish beverages, and will never drink any alcohol (I knew someone really like that), but that much in the developper community is incredible and seems suspect to me. There are definitely liars...
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Or maybe we're just health nuts! I don't drink, smoke or do drugs. I try to eat right and I spend a fair amount of time at the gym or exercising at home. I'm only about 5 years away from retirement and I actually want to be able to do stuff when I retire as opposed to sitting on the couch watching TV and eating bon-bons! 
A little addition: I will admit to working while overly tired because of the ridiculous schedules management wants. 12+ hour days does not make good code.
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Well actually that's very good of you !
I wish I could be that way but I am more of a "bon vivant" as we say it in France.
Actually the debate about drugs could on, considering what can be considered a drug....
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I agree, as I stated earlier too. 
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Sorry mate, did not see your post yesterday before posting mine....
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No they are not because there are some people who never have drink/take ALCOHOL/DRUG
Life is all about share and care...
public class Life : ICareable,IShareable
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// implements yours...
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yes I know, that's why I said "Saints or Liars" see my other posts on this thread
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I have never used alchohol or illegal drugs, but I'm sure I've coded on benadryl and many different prescription drugs before. And seriously, most developers I know have never written a line of code when not under the influence of caffeine.
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If tea contains caffeine then yes. I only drink tea, milk, or yoghurt when working.
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You know the situation.
You get am urgent support call on a weekend from a senior exec, but you're already on the 2nd or 3rd glass of wine.
So you (1) fire up the laptop, (2) connect to the VPN, (3) login, (4) bring up the IDE, (5) do a fix, (6) test it and (7) put it live.
If you can do steps 1 to 6, then step 7 probably isn't a problem!
Also applies to system changes, reboots, etc.
Of course, you check it all on Monday morning....
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I'm happy by the results (until now) because the majority of people related to coding (assumption for voters) use their brain for more than coding. But I'm sad because the figures for the minority are high (1/3).
To make it short for anyone who combines drinking and coding (including the ones who don't remember) I'll ask a very simple question: Will you ever trust a doctor who is under the influence of alcohol? As for drugs I don't see how and why people can deal and live with trash.
In any case I can accept any objection but I cannot understand it and support it.
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I was going to write something, but you said it all.
Pierre Boucher
'Bien souvent on se rend coupable en négligeant d'agir, et non pas seulement en agissant.'
- Marc Aurèle, empereur et philosophe romain.
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