<story><title>26 Programming Languages in 25 Days</title><url>https://matt.might.net/articles/26-languages-part1/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>munificent</author><text>The sleep trick is something I do with my hobby projects all the time, without really deliberately coming up with it as a strategy.&lt;p&gt;By the time I get the kids in bed at night, I&amp;#x27;m often out of steam. Sometimes I try to make some progress on a project, but I usually don&amp;#x27;t have the willpower to push through a stumbling block. After many many nights of staying up late and losing sleep trying to power through but not actually getting anything working, I finally realized it&amp;#x27;s better to just go to bed.&lt;p&gt;But I also feel sad if I go to bed early without making progress on something I&amp;#x27;m excited about. So I started tricking myself by telling myself, &amp;quot;Well, you can just think about the project as you fall asleep.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s usually enough to get me in bed early.&lt;p&gt;And, lo and behold, quite often, I figure something out as I&amp;#x27;m drifting off. Then when I wake up the next morning, I can get it implemented while I have my morning coffee. It&amp;#x27;s a really pleasant routine.</text></comment>
<story><title>26 Programming Languages in 25 Days</title><url>https://matt.might.net/articles/26-languages-part1/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>maxiepoo</author><text>For context, Matt Might is formerly a professor whose research was in programming languages&amp;#x2F;program analysis. Professors like to code too!</text></comment>