That used to make my wife furious. It also made her family think I disliked them as I would always bring notes, a laptop, etc to longish family gatherings. They get it now.

It's not something you LIKE to be doing. It just happens and you grab it while you can. At least that's how it works in my case. Once you enter the zone. You don't come out for weeks or sometimes months at a time.

I get irritated by, "Take some time off. Don't go into the office.". People simply do not understand that this has no off switch.

From the sounds of things, your genius team of 12 would not survive a week working for me.

No code reviews?

How quaint. I hope your company doesn't move large sums of money with their code.

This looks like a problem that I will sleep on. Which is bad because it means I will wake up every 45 minutes all night long.

There's no way to make programming NOT a 24/7/365 job.

It's vexing when I complete a solid bit of logic then close my eyes and visualize the possible security issues…and bust through it seconds.

I hate handling financial data.

Night

I think I have charted a path that leads to coding during normal business hours. It will happen by Wednesday of next week.

This is equal parts sad and encouraging.

It is also an object lesson.

When you need to correct the course of a ship, don't wait until the iceberg is close enough to lower the temperature..

Post picture of aforementioned debate survival kit. Liked by two egg accounts. One that promises 1K followers.

I'm beginning to wonder if Twitter is anything more than Jerks, celebrities and bots.

Night Larry.

It's a thin line between luxury and vice. One I do not dare cross. Never profane a fine bourbon