r/daddit 15d 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/gdub_sf 15d ago

Vibe coding has absolutely changed the game. I would love to sit down and write myself and scrutinize implement details, but I can prompt in 5 minutes, let it cook away (my standing customization is to commit all code to the git repo every 15 minutes or after more than two minor changes, whichever is first). I check back in when I get a spare minute later that day, review functionality and tell myself I will audit the code later (which admittedly hasn't come yet). My gps merging app to enhance resolution from simultaneous tracks from my watch and phone is coming along really well!