In my 17 years as a software developer, I’ve pulled exactly zero all-nighters.

Don’t let anyone tell you they’re necessary. If you’re thinking of pulling one voluntarily, don’t, and if your boss asks you to pull an all-nighter, quit on the spot.

If you feel that all-nighters are necessary for your job, you have the wrong job. Your own physical and mental health are vastly more important than your employer’s revenue and profit.

Don’t allow capitalists to deprive you of essentials, like sleep.

@lapcatsoftware This. Software developers pulling an all-nighter are always the result of some form of mismanagement, and the only reasonable answer to being asked to pull one is “no”.

Incident management is a different story, but even then, it's an incident in itself and needs to be prevented by any means possible.