One strange thing that happened to me is when I had this dream (following some long and deep programming session) where the "reality rules" were very close to the logical spirit of programming. Suddenly if I had to reach a platform that was very high, I could just "imagine and build my own tools" to add new abilities to my being. Very difficult to explain. I could clone objects if needed. I could somehow "loop" things or actions. etc.
As far as I know I did not solve any programming problem with this dream though.
you know I think it is weird cause sometimes I wake up and I am clueless as to whether something happened in a dream or real life.
I gota say I love dreams, I mean you can get shot in them, feel what it is like and all, and still be alive when you wake up!
But having an answer from a dream seems super cool. What's more cool is that you remembered what the solution was when you woke up!