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@joas http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/...

@davide
Thanks man, appreciate it.

As much as I like a good beer, I'd switch it for Cannabis for health purposes. Not smoked, vaped, in very small doses. If you drink alcohol, really do it sparingly, and drink something high quality you enjoy the taste of.

Alternatively, anything that makes your relaxed is good for a creative mindset. Meditation, floating in an isolation capsule, get a massage, lay in the sun in the park.

Put yourself in the right mood, dim the lights, play with some magnets, watch some educational videos, find a good puzzle game. Think about the development problem you're solving in intervals — 10 minutes of diving in, 20 minutes of gaming / relaxing. The brain becomes blind when you stare too much.

LSD works too, although that acts more on the big life decisions like "should I move to a different city and take that job".

Now concentrating... that is much harder. Coffee actually doesn't help much, it helps regulate your alertness a little, it helps maintain an existing tolerance, same with amphetamine, meth, cathinones, etc. Modafinil works... really works, but can wreck your immune system, and focus can still jump to the wrong subjects, like with all stimulants.

Drugs will not turn you super human, there's always a tradeoff in recovery time and side effects.

Better is to sleep well, eat regularly. Create or demand a workspace without distractions. People CAN NOT interrupt you for a quick question. A noise canceling headset with instrumental music is good, a perfectly silent room is better. A standing desk might help to stay mentally active. Ignore all "queues" of stuff for a set amount of time — email, chat, bugtrackers, task management systems, there's always something you need to do there... ignore it.

And turn your phone off.

@bittersweet woow man you are a philosophe

All claims about beer: [citation needed]

@matste Beer makes me happy. You can cite me on that.

What if I beer+coffee+nap?

Execution is important so beer is more important 👊