Why Do Programmers Love Coffee?
I’m a Python programmer and I love drinking coffee (and sometimes tea). One of my friends asked me the other day “Why do you programmers fetishize drinking coffee?”.
I think that’s a great question worth writing about. I believe the biggest reason is that coffee is a symbol of concentration. And coders need to concentrate to get any meaningful work done.
Having a cup of coffee by your side when you dive into some complicated code is part of a habit. It’s almost like a trigger for me when I’m pondering a complicated problem: As soon as I sit down with a cup of coffee in my hand I know the ideas will start flowing.
It’s also a signal to my coworkers and the people around me that says “Leave me alone, I need to get stuff done now.” It’s definitely a ritual for the other developers I spoke with.
There’s research proving that caffeine has cognitive benefits or “makes you smarter”. You fell drowsy when adenosine binds with the adenosine receptors in your brain. When you have coffee, the caffeine in it comes in and the receptor binds with it instead of the adenosine produced by your body.
