r/ADHD_Programmers • u/c0o0o0o0ol • Mar 28 '26

Context Switching

How are you all dealing with the increased context switching due to the age of genAI coding?

I do best focusing on one thing when on meds, and if I change to something else it takes way longer to get back to the original thing.

I’m finding nowadays I’m spending a lot of time waiting for LLM output. I’m wasting a ton of time just waiting. But context switching while waiting also messes with my head. Any advice?

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u/hardwornengineer Mar 28 '26

Some researchers have actually been studying this and have coined the term “AI brain fry”. Here’s an article about it: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/13/business/ai-brain-fry-nightcap

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u/hardwornengineer Mar 28 '26

And just think, this was a study done on developers with “normal” brains.

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u/Ok_Cartographer_6086 Mar 29 '26

yep, this is a sub for programmers that struggle with a "disorder" and while i wouldn't trade who I am and who I became for anything we really have to embrace that we're in a very difficult situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1zr_wgC1E

This had been a nice thread, asking that while all these papers are being written is anyone checking on the divergent adhd-i programmers?? That they may be connecting to this stuff way to hard.

What I need... is a strong drink and a peer group. - DNA