Why can't I stop coding with AI at night?
Fast AI-assisted coding acts like a continuous slot machine, pulling engineers into spending hours on evening vibe-coding sessions in hopes of a jackpot of working code. This makes it nearly impossible to disconnect at the end of the workday.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Abstain from using AI coding tools completely
- 2Manually type out edits suggested by the AI instead of accepting them automatically
- 3Use AI only in low-effort, manual review modes
- 4Set a hard deadline or alarm to physically unplug the work laptop
- 5Clear the chat session after reaching a high token limit
- 6Delegate a long task and log off for the day
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I can't think of a better audience for this question.”source ↗
“This leads to me spending hours and hours on vibe-coding sessions on workday evenings, after the workday is over.”source ↗
“I'm in a similar situation.”source ↗
“You are repeatedly pulling a slot machine in hopes for a jackpot of working usable code”source ↗
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