# Do you code in your free time after a full day of coding at work? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [November 22, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747 "2021-11-22T23:43:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/1 "2021-11-22T23:43:34Z")
Do you code in your free time? what do you code and for how many hours? I personally try to avoid coding after work but have the feeling of fear due to missing out. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/2 "2021-11-23T02:24:29Z")
Mostly for this site! Either cleaning up something old that needs revamping or building a small project to then explain about. My total time per day coding outside of work is probably 30 minutes max. ---
**Author:** ![JohnHansenArtist](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/johnhansenartist/32/8958_2.png) [@JohnHansenArtist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JohnHansenArtist)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/3 "2021-11-26T15:29:19Z")
I code a bit some evenings, mostly for fun, though also for paid projects. Coding helps keep my mind sharp (or so I tell myself). In the daytime I do my actual profession, visual artist: Painter. šŸŽØ ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/4 "2021-11-27T05:50:43Z")
Iā€™ve been getting into algorithms lately. I bought this book from No Starch Press called Algorithmic Thinking. Itā€™s basically competitive algorithm problems and the author explains them in C mostly using loops and recursion. Very interesting. Once Iā€™ve got a solid handle on Rust I wouldnā€™t mind trying to recreate them in Rust. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/5 "2021-11-28T17:03:38Z")
IĀ“m trying to reduce my time and rather focus on nature and cooking. It is tempting to start a new project but I try to limit that. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/6 "2021-11-28T19:24:41Z")
How do you like this book? The reason I ask is that a publisher has been asking me to write a beginnerā€™s book on data structures / algorithms, and I have been trying to figure out how to help close a gap as opposed to competing with existing books šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/7 "2021-11-28T20:14:29Z")
I red this one : [Grokking Algorithms](https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-algorithms?query=Algoritms) ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/8 "2021-11-29T12:47:44Z")
Itā€™s kind of like a book of puzzlesā€¦ you really have to evaluate every expression to understand how its all working but its simple enough to be able to grasp even though I donā€™t know much C. Itā€™s definitely not a beginner book. If you didnā€™t know any programming language it would be total jibberish šŸ˜ I think for beginners itā€™s pretty hard to grasp a concept without being able to visualize it. I think if you did a book with heaps of visuals it would be the ducks. Thereā€™s a good site for visualizing algorithms - [https://algorithm-visualizer.org](https://algorithm-visualizer.org) ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/9 "2021-11-29T20:22:14Z")
> [@steve.mills](#): > > I think for beginners itā€™s pretty hard to grasp a concept without being able to visualize it. That is the angle Iā€™m thinking as well. Whether the book happens or not, I do plan to add more content to this section where the idea is to use more visuals to describe what the algorithm does: [Learn Data Structures and Algorithms](https://www.kirupa.com/data_structures_algorithms/index.htm) The technical/coding side wonā€™t be a big focus. (And whatever is in the book will be freely available on this section as well :P) ---
**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/10 "2021-11-29T22:16:19Z")
Please take the book I mentioned as an inspiration. Grokking series are very easy and informative. ---
**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/11 "2021-11-30T20:32:00Z")
I mostly donā€™t code after work unless Iā€™m supporting someone in my group whoā€™s in an earlier time zone. Thatā€™d probably change if I had a cool idea of something to work on. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/13 "2021-12-03T14:20:42Z")
I used to code a lot more in my free time, but less so now. Not entirely sure whyā€¦ maybe back then I was young and full of more enterprising ideas? Or maybe today Iā€™m just jaded and have come to realize how much time it takes to follow those ideas through to completion. Just thinking about it gives me anxiety. Not to mention if something you do becomes popular youā€™re stuck maintaining itā€¦ :shivers: Alternatively, what Iā€™ve found a little less stressful is writing or doing things like the [Flowchart for JavaScript's this](http://forum.kirupa.com/t/flowchart-for-javascripts-this/648768). A brain dump is good to help get your thoughts organized, gives you something for reference later on, and can be helpful to others. Iā€™ve been meaning to do more, and even have some ideas for some new things, but gotta find some time to do them (why do I have so little time now?). ---
**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/14 "2021-12-03T16:21:44Z")
Your diagram is impressive! It seems like you care a lot about the craft like many here. I thought it was only me regarding losing coding interest after work. I used to sit a lot in front of the computer and code for hours. ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/15 "2021-12-04T06:59:11Z")
Iā€™ve gotta say, youā€™re right up there with your JS knowledge. Youā€™re like that guy Kyle Simpson who wrote the ā€˜Do your really know JS seriesā€™. Probably even better, do you have a book or have you been approached? You should do a collaboration with @kirupa and do all the advance JS appendixes/ flowcharts and graphics. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/16 "2021-12-04T14:16:44Z")
> [@steve.mills](#): > > Probably even better, do you have a book or have you been approached? Iā€™ve never written a book, but people used to tell me to a lot back in the dayā€¦ that was all for my Flash knowledge though, which isnā€™t very useful right now :doh: > [@steve.mills](#): > > You should do a collaboration with @kirupa and do all the advance JS appendixes/ flowcharts and graphics. I am the technical editor for most of Kirupaā€™s books :proud: ---
**Author:** ![christine29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@christine29](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/christine29)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/19 "2022-01-04T23:04:31Z")
I donā€™t think that is healthy, we all need to take a break from everything so do something different to clear the mind. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![deneme\_0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@deneme\_0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deneme_0)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/20 "2022-01-13T10:33:34Z")
iş yerinde Ƨok kod yazınca bir bıkkınlık geliyor aƧıkƧası bir daha bilgsayarı bile [aƧmıyorum]. ---
**Author:** ![steve.mills](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/steve.mills/32/14961_2.png) [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/21 "2022-01-13T10:56:21Z")
İşyerinde hangi dilde kod yazıyorsunuz? ---
**Author:** ![travis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/travis/32/13217_2.png) [@travis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/travis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/22 "2022-01-13T15:06:21Z")
I think it depends. If you code full time for a living and have any ideas for a side project youā€™re pretty much stuck coding afterwork, this may be a recipe for burnout but itā€™s hard when the muse is pushing you do build something new. Iā€™m always telling myself this next project will be my last for a while then something else comes to my head. I have two big side projects Iā€™m finishing up then I hope to take a few months to focus on making more art. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747/23 "2022-01-13T18:36:14Z")
@travis - What kind of art do you make? Anything you can share? @steve.mills - isnā€™t it fun to pick on spammers? šŸ˜› (I deleted the spam link just to stop giving them the satisfaction haha) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-you-code-in-your-free-time-after-a-full-day-of-coding-at-work/649747.md?page=2)