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It's been abused a lot in the startup community (hacker news has had multiple articles about it). Basically it makes you feel wide awake/fully rested, but you still need sleep to restore your cognitive function.

So maybe you hit the point where you've slept 10 hours in a week, you feel great but the decisions you're making are still those of someone desperately in need of sleep.

Don't they all.

Memorization comes from repetition. If I've been working on the same framework for 3 years, I just naturally memorize what I need. Memorizing stuff definitely helps you keep your context flow too.

You can be a very good developer without memorizing a specific framework though.

I was sad to read about Project Wonderful closing. Is there still room for decent advertising on the net?

Smart and Gets Things Done is a pretty great book. Definitely worth the quick read if you're looking for a job programming.