I write my best software
when I sleep. Not the algoritms, but the over-all architecture.
Back in the day, I wrote the best parts of my dissertation, too, in my sleep.
My gal will hear me talking it through in my sleep. I'll wake up tired, but with a solution in my head, chew on it during my morning ritual, go into the office and belt it out.
Makes for lousy sleep, but I get a lot of work done ;-) Should be paid to sleep sometimes.
Davin L.