happens to me when i’m drunk; but not too drunk. lol
I’ve had this run in both directions. Going through the repos a day later: “Holy hell, this solution is [utter shit || truly inspired || elegant AF || written by someone who should probably be fired]. Who wrote this? Me?! I don’t remember any of this.”
The compartmentalization/fugue state is real.
I love it. I’ll have some fever-dream solving a problem that has had me stumped, then spend the next day fixing it up.
I’ll have some fever-dream solving a problem that has had me stumped
That’s happened to me enough to almost turn me to the woo side. :D “Answers Come In Dreams.”
“What’s software development like?” “Well, like the shamans of old, we work ourselves into a fugue state to hallucinate esoteric solutions to unsolvable problems, then kick it to junior scribes to record and implement.”
Memories of college days gone by.
Just get your rest folks. Work isn’t going to give you a medal for “most late nights” or “closest flirtation with burnout”. If your boss hasn’t allocated enough resources to reach the goal timeline, you tell them as soon as you realize and then it’s their problem.
Nowadays they reply with You must use AI to be more productive.
