Performance Enhancers
Marion Jones, former Olympian gold medal, may be serving time for lying about using performance-enhancing drugs.
I myself have a confession to make. I use performance enhancers to gain that extra unnatural edge over other developers. I am currently using RedLine, a potent energy enhancing formula, which I ordered from Amazon a month ago, but GNC also stocks the product. I was looking for something a bit more powerful than RockStar, my previous energy drink of choice.
RedLine delivers spectacularly, almost as good as the Ephedra I consumed before it was banned three years ago. It works by inducing the body to shiver. Plus, it doesn't have any calories like RockStar. (The diet version did nothing for me, but RockStar Zero Carb might be more effective than RockStar Diet Drink.)
I have seen many reviews on the Internet by users, about half of which have had extreme reactions (uncontrollable shaking, stomach cramps, elevated heart rate, seizures) from using it and questioning why the product isn't banned by the FDA. It's been called "crack in a bottle." Still, there are others who don't feel affected by it. The product includes multiple warnings, and you are only supposed to drink half a bottle. I am not making a recommendation, because you could possibly die, but I will stick with it.
So how many did you get for free for doing this advertisement?
"It works by inducing the body to shiver"
There's so cold here that with just a t-shirt on I get shivers too. Thus I must be better developer than you without drinking any formulas :-)
Posted by: ac | January 12, 2008 at 04:04 AM
Gosh, never occurred to me other developers take "magic pills"... whatever happened to good old coffee and cigarettes?
I'll stick to them. At least "uncontrollable shaking" is a risk only if I *stop* taking them. Enjoy shivering!
Posted by: Philipp Schumann | January 12, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Wesner -
This cannot be good for you over the long term. I would recommend you start weaning yourself from it as soon as possible.
Posted by: chiph | January 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I don't intend to use it for a long period of time... But I do currently have a sense of urgency.
Posted by: Wesner Moise | January 14, 2008 at 05:25 PM
Thanks for the heads up. A few years ago, a friend turned me on to ephedrine. For a while it was really amazing -- the level of clarity I had while programming was really great. But after a while I stopped responding as much to it. Once I even fell asleep after taking some. We'll see how RedLine does.
Posted by: Michael | January 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Wow! Thanks for the heads up on this, again. Finally got my order and -- damn! This is some good stuff. I worked all day, then took 3/4 bottle around 7-8, and was able to code until 2am, and read until 3am. This has made a huge difference on my project. Thanks!
Posted by: Michael | February 08, 2008 at 01:55 PM