In my opinion this is completely wrong. In fact I believe that coding should immediately stop once we feel tired. The low quality of code produced when the programmer is tired can significantly affect the whole project some times resulting to very expensive reverse engineering.
The programmer should never exceed six to eight hours of coding and design combined.
As everything else, it is a matter of cost. A web site targeting millions of people while trying to attract some clients has no choice but to rely in better UX design and implementation, in other words to inflate the cost of the application. A behind the firewall application will not necessarily be benefited in the same since its targeted user is well defined, already has a need to use the app for, and since he is a frequent user of it can afford a more primitive and less user friendly interface.
I am not sure that attention is the proper word. I think that the overall image as it is projected to outsiders is what can describe the situation. And yes, I think that this image certainly counts, not only for social reasons (which I agree are not very important) but mainly for career progress and evolution.
In my opinion this is completely wrong. In fact I believe that coding should immediately stop once we feel tired. The low quality of code produced when the programmer is tired can significantly affect the whole project some times resulting to very expensive reverse engineering.
The programmer should never exceed six to eight hours of coding and design combined.