Nah, all the Gen Z programmers I know are fueled exclusively by energy drinks! None of them drink coffee.
The ones my age and older, on the other hand…
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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I’m a millennial and I’m an energy drink guy.
Expensive. Do not recommend.
I'm a millennial and I can only afford caffeine pills.
Depressing. Do not recommend.
Developing a taste for black coffee is where it's at.
All the caffeine, none of the calories.
and maximum laxative effect
But if it doesn't have calories then I need to stop and eat.
Coffe>>
Coffee gives me heart palpitations, and I don't drink much tea any more. Does that mean I have to hand in my programmer card? :(
I similarly had to give up caffeine after an ER scare late last year. I didn't turn in the card, but geeez I had no idea how hard raw dogging the work week would be.
Guess I'm not a programmer since I only mainline green tea, can't stand the taste of coffee.
I'm personally a black tea fan, it's just a joke on your average programmer's caffeine addiction.
I know ;) it's okay, and all in good fun. Just a little tired of only finding "I'm a machine that turns coffee into code" shirts when I look for funny coding t-shirts
Traitor. You shall be punished with finding a memory leak in vibe coded ASM
Argh! No, please! Please no!
Yes! Green tea is my morning beverage. It tastes so good. And when I go out and get something fancy, it is matcha latte.
I spent the last two decades coding between coffee cups. I loved it. I would bounce of bed each morning with my mind buzzing with ideas to employ in my job.
Then I had to work in a different timezone. Can't drink coffee in the evening, because otherwise I don't sleep at midnight.
Every day is hell. I expend significant effort to overcome brainfog and motivate myself to work. It's a losing battle. It's also an eye opener of exactly how much I like what I'm doing, which isn't very much
- coffee is only good for keeping the eyes open and doesn't seem to help me with mental activity. It also makes the eyes itchy when it is finally time to sleep.
- green tea. Never tried that
I just go with cloves and cinnamon. Coffee is too strong for me and not worth the addiction.
Caffeine, nicotine and glucose, the holy trinity of productivity.
Some of us a powered by medical grade stimulants.
Eh, just one per day or my addiction kicks in again.