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its not about the hours you spend, its about the value you add.
you will get brain fog and cognitive decline after being IN the IDE for hours, but honestly i don't know a single programmer that is only in the IDE, most are doing research, reading docs, reading specs, etc.
forcing yourself to work more has lots of detrimental effects, sometimes the best step forward is a step backwards.
if you are a one man team, you are not only a programmer either. so i think the question is flawed. it seems to me that you are wearing many hats graphics, video editing, etc are not developer tasks. thus if you are doing all those roles, there is no way to spend so much time on coding when all the other parts needs attention as well.
focus on your core competency and outsource the rest, you will live a much happier life.
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