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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August 24th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
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.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Thanks Ryan, yes FC64 is one of those projects “driven by enthusiasm”. I co-developed it together with Darron Schall. We had helluva fun :)
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:01 am
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..
June 12th, 2008 at 8:33 am
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