Holding A Program In One’s Head

Amazing how Paul Graham always manages to hit the nail on the head. It’s the 36 hour hacking sessions where i usually am most productive.

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4 Responses to “Holding A Program In One’s Head”

  1. Ryan Christensen [draw.logic] Says:

    I totally agree, and normal hours don’t always work for the creativity needed to get through these “zone” coding sessions. If I have nothing stopping me I can get done in 2 days what might otherwise take me 2 months if I don’t control the schedule. It is all about the zone baby. btw i didn’t realize you did the C64 emulator, damn man nice work I bet that was a 36 hour thing.

  2. Claus Wahlers Says:

    Thanks Ryan, yes FC64 is one of those projects “driven by enthusiasm”. I co-developed it together with Darron Schall. We had helluva fun :)

  3. Muzak Says:

    The whole “holding a program in your head” is sooooo me ;-)
    I hardly ever write one line of code before I have visualized the whole thing in my head..

  4. Andreas Vetter Says:

    TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH !

    once i worked 2 session with 24 hours and one 36 hour session
    very produktive i agree, but then i fall down cause my pankreas (Bauchspeicheldrüse) refused to work.
    this is how dying must feel like.
    the chance to survive is 50/50

    this is no joke.
    take care, Andreas

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