Is staying up late at night coding bad?

[TheMassiveChipmunk]

As the question says is staying up a bad thing? Do you think there can serious health issues to staying up coding? Have any of you guys had any trouble staying up?

[jsmith]

Getting less sleep than your body requires is a health issue regardless of what you're doing while staying up.

Some people are more focused later at night (fewer distractions).

[firedraco]

Some people are more focused later at night (fewer distractions).

I'm like this...in the summer I stay up til like 2am and sleep til like 12-1 :P

[TheMassiveChipmunk]

Yeah Vacations are awesome....

[zb0S216C]

I'm normally up until 5 (am) most of the time, and I'm awake again at around 6-8 hours later. It's not bad for you as long as you get the required amount of sleep.

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[quirkyusername]

Technically yes I suppose, but if deadlines are coming up then it's irrelevant. All-nighters are rites of passage for programmers.

[PracticingProgrammer]

As I program a lot of games. At night, i feel it's better to stay up late, as i find less distractions and there is nothing good on t.v. :(
But sometimes it mucks up my body clock. Like, when i need to be up the next day at say 8:00AM . I won't be able to sleep because i am used to getting up at 1:00PM

So i suppose it's how well you adapt.

[chrisname]

As long as you get 6-8 hours of sleep its fine. More than 8 hours is actaully unhealthy.