Morning vs Evening Developers: When Is the Best Code Written?

Some developers swear by 6 AM starts with coffee and silence. Others don't open their IDE until 10 PM. Managers debate whether to enforce "core hours" or let people work whenever they want. We looked at extensive activity data from developers across 100+ B2B companies to find out when developers actually code — and whether timing matters. Methodology PanDev Metrics captures IDE heartbeats with timestamps, giving us a precise picture of when coding happens. We analyzed: extensive activity data fr