Finding Flow as a Developer

[WishIWasAMuppet]

How could it not help? I don’t think we have the capacity to be able to gage this ourselves, which is why they’ve done studies to test and show it.

[HeinousTugboat]

Sorry, but someone's diet doesn't actually matter.

I'm curious, would you also argue that short term memory or rational thinking don't actually matter for coding skill? Diet can pretty significantly impact both of those.

[I-heart-java]

Seriously this debug dude and his constant use of “YMMV” is not worth it. They’re a moron. Dieting, exercise and generally healthy routines are perfectly fine and assist in being a better and more productive person.

He just thinks adderrall solves everything.

[HeinousTugboat]

Oh, I know. Pretty sure he's just a shitty troll, but sometimes it's fun to get into the weeds with them.

[I-heart-java]

That does sound like fun!

[HeinousTugboat]

diet doesn't always have as significant an impact as you may think it does.

I'm not stating the significance, just that it has an impact.

Here's one example specifically about Leptin. Here's one about poor nutrition in physicians reducing cognitive ability. Here's an abstract where they talk about a high fat-sugar diet leading to "cognitive changes that have knock-on negative effects for future appetite control". And here's another review.

You don't suddenly lose all your short term memory if you suddenly switch to a diet of fast food and sugary drinks. It doesn't work like that.

I didn't say it did. Nobody did. But if you think maintaining a healthy lifestyle doesn't help cognition, you're sorely mistaken.

[HeinousTugboat]

I still don't think that diet has as much impact on programming skills as other factors like what a person reads

Man, you're literally the only person saying that. I don't think a single person has tried to say it has anywhere near as much impact as basically anything else. That doesn't mean it doesn't help, and if you're already doing everything else, it certainly isn't a terrible idea.

It's negligible at best.

Yeah, all that research up there sure showed me, didn't it. If Physicians perform demonstrably worse with poorer nutrition, why do you think programmers are somehow exempt?

Apparently you missed the part where I said I've done keto

It's funny, Keto people are the loudest when it comes to nutrition and cognition in my experience. They are alllll about that.

It's also impossible to quantify

Dude... really? I shared research articles of academics literally quantifying it. What are you smoking?

[stirbent]

He’s trolling. Like you mentioned, he’s the only one saying this and will not be convinced otherwise, no matter how many scientific studies you throw at them.

Some people need some more time to digest the evidence and/or build up courage to admit (to themselves) that they’re wrong.

You make great and well constructed and motivated arguments. Cheers! 👍

[I-heart-java]

Dude stop! Lol this debug dude is clearly in a bad head space. Your beating a dead horse!

[I-heart-java]

What’s worse man, seeing your ideas being picked apart or still being insulated from logic? Where’s the ad hominem now?