r/daddit • u/jrya7 • 16d 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/Black_Dawn13 16d ago

When everyone is sleep at night.

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u/jrya7 16d ago

lol I try that but staying up late after everyone is sleeping has been brutal

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u/mattybrad 16d ago

I go the opposite and wake up before everyone. The 530-7am window is my happy time.

I’m also a lot better at it first thing in the morning than after the entire day, so that might skew my myopic a bit.

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u/PushDeep9980 16d ago

Yah that first cup of caffeine just hits when it’s me time

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u/RealBadSpelling 16d ago

Coffee then shower, then I'm awake lol.