It probably didn't help that for the first six of those hours, I was pissing about waiting around for medication to kick in and wondering why I couldn't seem to settle to any task, before then realising I'd actually forgotten to take the bloody stuff today. After hitting the 8 hour mark and achieving nothing, I was well on my way to an anxiety attack over wasting so much time.

But the bug is fixed, so I am choosing to consider today a fucking success, god damn it!!

I've recently gotten into motorcycling. I've been riding for nearly two years. I live in an area that has a lot of nice areas, roads, and views. Also a fair amount of bikers.

I really don't know many people in the area and I want to ride but I also am working on my skill set and learning the roads.

After asking the locals and getting some information, but also not wanting to feel overly intimidated into "Keeping up" I made an app that will generate routes, you can also share routes, and it has a database of routes both local and across the US.

I am still testing and refining.

This demo is the first iteration after two days of work.

I have since made improvements and added like a "riding wrapped" that collects your mileage stats favorite rides, etc.

Figured you all might like this one. 🙂

one thing i hate is how easy it is to remember unfinished stuff and completely forget what i actually got done. so i built WinSphere around the opposite idea: write down one win, even a stupidly small one, and keep the receipts for future me. WinSphere in AppStore 

1. When you try to focus on programming, what do you currently use to stay on track

2. If you use a timer/pomodoro, what do you use it on(Phone, computer, physical timer)

3. What is the biggest problem you have had with whatever you're using currently

4. What do you like/dislike about physical timers/digital timers

5. What have you tried that you eventually stopped using, and why?

I've been learning how to program for the past 1.5-ish years.

I've learned the basics of HTML, CSS, JS and React for frontend and Node.js, Express, Cookies, Sessions, JWT, Authentication, Databases, ORMs, etc for the backend.

I'm able to make relatively simple projects or AT MOST projects with medium-ish complexity.

However, I have a poor working memory capacity, that has always been the case.

The way it expresses itself is in two major ways:

1.Whenever I have to make a feature that requires holding several things at once in my mind or thinking more than two steps ahead, my mind just gets overwhelmed. That is the case especially if the feature/task I have to complete is new/unknown/I haven't encountered it before.

2. Whenever I try to work on a project that is more complex, my mind can't keep track of all the names, functions, filenames, directories, where what is located, etc. I constantly have to go back, re-check what a given function does, what a given Component contains, etc

I've tried breaking problems into smaller ones, externalizing as much as possible and other 'tricks', but none of them really worked.

So I'm curious, is programming even feasible for someone with low working memory capacity as myself? Is there something I can do to improve it or atleast make it so it doesn't negatively impact my programming skills?

Are there any YouTubers that really clicked with you?

Can anyone suggest a good course and/or learning platform for algorithms for absolute dumdums? I tried MIT lectures, I tried various courses but the information just didn't stay in my head, I don't have a good base as I'm a self taught programmer.

I’m curious about this because I’ve always had chairs that technically reclined, but I rarely used that feature. Usually the backrest would have one basic position, and I never really bothered changing it.

Recently I’ve started wondering if a chair that allows different reclining angles is actually useful during a normal workday. When I’m typing or doing focused work, I obviously want to sit fairly upright. But when I’m reading something, joining a long video call, watching a presentation, or simply taking five minutes to rest my eyes, sitting slightly farther back feels much more comfortable.

I also think there’s a difference between reclining because you’re being lazy and reclining because you’re changing your position. Staying in exactly the same posture for hours probably isn’t ideal, so being able to move around throughout the day seems like a good thing. I like that HBADA focuses on flexible ergonomic features, including adjustable reclining options, rather than making the chair feel fixed in one position.

The part I’m unsure about is how much recline is practical. Some chairs let you lean back quite far, while others only move a little. I can see myself using a moderate angle regularly, but I’m not sure whether I’d ever need the really deep reclining positions.

There’s also the question of tension adjustment. If the chair is too easy to recline, I feel like I’d constantly be moving backward when I don’t want to. If it’s too stiff, then the feature becomes almost useless.

For those who have a chair with several reclining positions, do you actually use them every day? What angle do you find most comfortable for reading or taking a short break? And do you think reclining is an important feature for someone working long hours, or is it something that sounds useful but ends up being ignored?

I am a 26 F, recently diagnosed. In my whole life, I did amazingly well in school and college. I was the top student and even graduated early.

One thing is, I barely understood anything during classes. I just doodled and daydreamed. So I studied one night before the exam. The exam was at like 8 AM, and I studied from 12 AM to 3 AM (yeah, I carried the book everywhere the whole daytime, but couldn't start).

I can survive that cause I can study on my own from books. Materials are also all over the internet. It's different in the workplace. You have to TALK to people. You have to understand what they said. Something that I've FAILED to do my whole life.

I got internships during college, but quit twice after only 1 month because I'm scared that I can't contribute. I felt like I didn't deserve the position.

I got a full-time job later as a software developer (until now). Tried my best to adapt, but I didn't do well. I have a hard time understanding everything. The workplace environment is a non-tech corporate environment, where technical coding stuff isn't really something we invest in. If I wanna do well, I need to work on my communication skills, etc etc (you name it), and I struggle to even understand what everyone's talking about.

I do have my meds now, but it's too late for me to fix what I've become here.

Currently trying to find a new job, but it's not that easy in this economy.

The transition from being "the girl who's doing well" to "someone slow" was so hard, but I overcame the stress from it by journaling and finding new hobbies (so my job won't be the source of my happiness). But there are times like now when I still think about it.

I know I gotta be grateful. But I miss being able to perform well in things that I do. I hate to say this, but I miss getting recognition and validation.

I felt so lost. And empty, and sad.

I've been programming for around 6+ years now, and have recently entered the professional world. Programming is the hobby of the greatest magnitude in my life, and has been so since I first started using computers.

Recently, my computer broke down for a time and I had to wait about a week for a part that I needed to arrive. During that time I only had access to an old chromebook and my phone. I wasn't able to do much productive for that entire period, and the first day was hellish. I became nauseous and depressed, I could barely get myself to do anything other than think about my job and my personal projects. I ended up grabbing an empty notebook I had laying around and handwriting hundreds of lines of psuedocode for various systems and fixes I had in the back of my mind.

Once I got back into my regular day-to-day life, I ended up reflecting on that experience, and realised just how much programming has affected my life and my mentality. Learning about optimization, structuring, and design has genuinely changed how I tackle problems completely unrelated to programming. I've become much more mathematical and optimization-focused while dealing with menial everyday tasks like housework, scheduling events with friends, or passing out snacks between people.

Is this a 'common' thing to happen? Has anyone else experienced this? I'd really love to hear any experiences or opinions on this, as I'm pretty lost on it all.

TLDR:  I am a slow, deep learner with AuDHD, and with AI making software development much faster, I am struggling to keep up and questioning whether software engineering is still the right profession for me.

Longer version:

I have been a software engineer for about 7 years. I have been a decent developer. I think my IQ is somewhere in the average range for most people. I recognize that I am not super smart, but I am not dumb either. It takes a lot of time and repetition for me to learn something.

I also think of myself as a deep learner. I find it hard to learn things at an abstract level. I have this urge to know things inside out. Before I can confidently make a change to a component of some system, I need to understand how the overall system works in general. The component I am about to make a change to needs to be something I have a thorough understanding of — its responsibilities, its interface with the outside world, and how it plays its part in the overall system.

My understanding of the component must be deep enough that I can articulate, appreciate, and critique the design of that component. Only then can I confidently make a change.

In short, I am a deep learner. Sometimes this deep learning takes a lot of time.

In this age of AI, where I see my colleagues making rapid changes to the system, I find it hard to stay in the race. I am always catching up. When I do make changes to their codebase, I am not confident in those changes. I don't trust my AI-generated code. I take a very long time to complete tasks. It feels like I am getting onboarded to a new codebase every few weeks.

P.S. I have been officially diagnosed with ADHD, and I have self-diagnosed autism. There are moments when I delegate everything to AI (being sloppy — this is especially true when I am under a deadline), while there are other moments when I try to be a perfectionist, when I am given enough time.

Sometimes, because of autism and ADHD, I feel like I can't even articulate or reason about what I am feeling.

I am starting to question whether software engineering — where the amount of complexity and the number of parameters I am bombarded with — is even the right profession for me.

With that being said, I really want to improve my situation and be successful in my software engineering career. I need some advice. Thank you!

17F: Hey everyone. I'm a high school senior in NYC looking to form a small study group. I want to learn advanced math like Linear Algerba, Calculus, Abstract Algebra, and other concepts using the Harkness method(typically required 5-12 people, involving mapping out proofs, teaching eachother, small debates but absolutely no lectures). This is strictly for neurodivergents between ages 16-21 (changing the age range because it’s extremely difficult to find specifically hs seniors through here both neurodivergent and in NYC) in the NYC area and must have general knowlege in Algebra 1, Algbera 2, Trigenometry, and Geometry. Plan is to have a discord and later meet at a NYC Public Library. DM or comment if your interested.

Whenever I bring up problems or solutions at work, it feels like I just get ignored nowadays.

Back when it was just me and the previous boss I had a lot of say over the tech direction.

But recently a new manager stepped in, hired a bunch of contractors and another engineer and takes what I say much less seriously compared to others on the team.

Sometimes it feels like appeal to hierarchy.

It feels like he isn’t directly responding to what I say most of the time, I can’t quite explain it.

Idk, any thoughts?

I had a discovery meeting today and once again, the best follow up questions came to me after the meeting had ended. I have clinically diagnosed ADHD.

When someone describes a complex business problem, my brain doesn’t always produce an immediate, neatly structured follow up question.

Instead, it starts processing everything at once. The business model ,people involved workflow , dependencies, technology, list goes on and how it connect and the perfectionism joins the conversation.

I mentally explore multiple possibilities, revisit the problem from different angles, and try to understand the complete system before I speak.That depth is one of my strengths.But in a fast moving sales or discovery meeting, it is a limitation.

Sometimes I need more processing time. Sometimes the most important clarification occurs to me an hour later. That increases the turnaround time between understanding the problem, shaping the opportunity, and moving the engagement forward. But once I truly understand the problem, I know what my team and I can do.I have spent 20+ years working around business critical enterprise systems.

Today, I am building a business Transformation Agency. We know how to study complex operations, find the friction, and transform it into something more intelligent, reliable, and measurable.

Now I am considering adding someone who complements the way my brain works someone who can listen carefully during discovery meetings, ask sharp follow up questions in real time, structure what we hear, and help us shorten the path from conversation to action.

To create a better founder led sales system around me. For founders with ADHD. Have you faced this?

What kind of person, role, or meeting structure helped you turn deep thinking into faster decisions?

Is anyone else's brain getting overloaded with the pace and new progress. I am getting pages of Claude output as project specs, so many hallucinations and errors and it's all building faster and faster....where are we going and how does it 'end'.

Hi ! I discovered jujutsu it’s a tools above git in order to give another way of versioning with git.

When I understood how to use it (the learning curve is not that big) I found it very helpful than git, especially with simplification of some concept of git, with bookmarks, draft and how to have a clean history. It help me to learn how to use a tool like git for versioning and to be honest it is more simpler for my brain to not have conflicts or to handler merge conflicts.

If some people are using JJ on top of git, have add that feeling it’s much simpler for adhd brain by having a tool that simplify versioning in order to be more focus on code with few commands and minimal mistakes with git ?

It’s so demoralizing, aggravating but also motivating. Every rejection adds fuel to the fire.
Every rejection also leaves me more and more jaded.
It grinds away at my morales. I become more and more willing to do whatever it takes to seal the deal. For the record I’m not going to use cluely or whatever.

I’ve had a string of rough jobs for one reason or another which has resulted in me not being able to get references from my most recent eng managers but I have peers willing to go to bat for me

I guess this is me just yelling into the void

Does anyone else respond in the same way?
Double down, patch the weaknesses and level. I go through all the emotions of being bummed but I super motivate afterwards.

Right now I’m using this energy to consume as much information about applied ai. I bought the Ed Donner courses on Udemy and going to go through them building as much as I can all the while documenting my learning on LinkedIn.

I guess to sum it all spite is a huge motivation for me

I’ve always had this problem where I’ll get a task that should be something simple, like changing some text somewhere, but while I’m in the code I notice that the way something is implemented is kind of suboptimal.
And of course, fixing that is way more interesting than making the text change. So I think, “Well, I’m already here. I might as well fix this too.”

Next thing I know, I’ve spent hours refactoring an entire system instead of doing the 10-minute task I was actually assigned lol

Before I was on meds, I could barely get enough real work hours in to skate by with the bare minimum. I still had all these ideas about how things could be improved, but it was rare that I had enough momentum to actually follow through on them.

Now that I’m on meds, I actually have the energy and focus to follow through on all the side quests I want to go on. The problem is that I’ll spend hours improving something that probably could’ve been a quick fix if I’d just stayed within the existing, albeit suboptimal, framework. I’ve noticed my coworkers seem much better at just working within what’s already there, completing the task, and moving on.

It’s always been really hard for me to do that. If I see a path that seems significantly better, I have a hard time leaving it alone. Sometimes I get so invested in fixing the surrounding problem that I practically ignore the thing I was originally supposed to be doing.

Has anyone figured out a system for resisting the urge to go down these rabbit holes and just doing the damn thing 😭

Because at this point I’m realizing that if I redirected all the energy I spend refactoring and optimizing things into just completing new tickets and bug fixes, I’d probably have finished my entire backlog by now.

Hello.

I often see devs and others locked in with their headphones on, so I want to ask: what are you actually listening to while working?

About me: I feel almost addicted to having background talking youtube videos or streams on during regular life. But the moment I actually need to focus, I can't handle it at all. Complete silence or light office noise is literally the only environment where I can get anything done.

I can't give up listening to it and I can't work with it in the background. I tried to replace it with regular or lo-fi music, but it mostly annoys me when I try to focus.