Z Is The Most Important Letter

(I’ve been asleep at the wheel for far too long here, time to dive back in with a truckload of mixed metaphors).

Do you get enough sleep? Americans are chronically sleep-deprived, and a body of research is growing that tells us how damaging a lack of rest is to every other area of life (see, for example, this fantastic article). The particularly troublesome aspect is how sneaky the damage can be, manifesting itself in subtle ways over time.

A large part of being a professional software developer is taking care of your meatspace hardware. And that means getting regular sleep. The image of the late-night coding warrior who bangs away at the keyboard until the wee hours of the morning may play well on TV, but it’s false. The most effective engineer is one who rests.