On: I write code 100 hours/week, here's why I probably won't stop

[abeppu]

> I run 6 miles many days of the week to keep healthy. I do it while writing code, using a standing desk treadmill.

This is the part that I don't get. The author finds fulfillment in working on technical problems. Fine. Maybe at some point in their life that may change, but they seem confident about it working for them now. But every hard technical problem can benefit from time away from the screen to think through stuff right? Running is perfect for that.

I can barely read if I'm running at all hard on a treadmill. I certainly can't write code. And even as someone who enjoys coding, that seems like a really suboptimal experience.

[m0zg → abeppu]

I've done "coding on the treadmill". It's difficult at first but you get used to it after a few weeks. Of course you can't run and type at the same time, but walking and typing is perfectly doable. It's actually pretty great - you can easily put in hours and hours of walking time every day without even noticing.

[hiyer → abeppu]

I doubt he's really running - probably walking at a reasonably brisk pace.

[emidoots → hiyer]

That's correct.

Sometimes it's walking at a brisk pace for ~2h while writing code. Other times it's actually running for ~1h with a problem I need to think through.