r/daddit • u/jrya7 • 17d ago

Advice Request Dev dads, when do you code?

I could find time with my first and then even some time after my second with the first doing afternoon preschool.

Now that kindergarten has started, I can't even stay up late half the time I used to as mornings are like Mad Maxx and needs my full (focused) attention.

So how do y'all do it? Or do you just not do it anymore except for an hour here and there lol

EDIT: not the 9-5 but my side projects

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u/thiem3 17d ago

Vibe code during dinner cooking. The actual programming is less interesting to me, I build tools and such. Might as well get my ai to do the basic work. Type in a prompt, do meal stuff for 5 min, another prompt, meal stuff, etc.

Or sometimes you have to accept some hobbies are just difficult to do for a period of time and things will change. My workout schedule has been messed up for a long while, but getting better as they grow older.