Coding, Zen and Caffeine

What strikes me is that somehow coding, a.k.a. programming, zen and caffeine seem to form a trinity. Now the coding and caffeine link is easily made and needs no further explanation.

The zen and caffeine link can be traced back to the first zen patriarch Bodhidarma ( Daruma in Japan). Legend has it that Bodhidarma cut off his eyelids so he would not fall asleep during his long periods of zazen. At the spot where his eyelids hit the ground it is said that tea bushes sprung. Although the eyelid portion of the legend has never been verified it is widely known that zen monks drank tea in order to prolong their ability to perform zazen.

So that leaves us with one last link, the link between coding and zen.
to be continued ....