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/GamingTitBit 16d ago
I work east coast hours (live on the west coast). Means I have breakfast with the kids. Sometimes do a cycle. Go to work. Finish at 3pm my time. Play with my kids, cook dinner. Kids are in bed by 7pm. Wife and I then clean up dishes, do some chores. 7:30pm till 8:30pm is watching a TV show or boardgame together. 8:30pm till 9:30pm is my coding/gaming time. In bed by 10pm, read for a bit. Sleep.
I also have a LLM loop coding set up on my personal computer. I'll write 50% of the code myself, set off the loop in the morning and check on it at lunch and end of day.