This is my first week of being medicated for ADHD and I’m currently testing out Concerta. I’ve found surprising success and a few interesting gotchas this week.
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Test driven development and adhd
Test Driven Development (TDD) is a common thing for developers to talk about but in my experience it is not actually used very frequently. I’d like to point out some real advantages for ADHD brains in using TDD.
Day three on concerta – my first workday
Today was interesting. I woke up, started working and finished a lot of things. My thoughts stayed focused linearly and I didn’t wander and lose track of what was supposed to happen next. I usually do about 6 story points a week and today I did a two pointer before 11:00 and am 60% through …
Day two on Concerta
Waking up to day two on concerta I expected to find a lot more of the same. I wasn’t sure if I was even going to have anything new to write about, but that ended up not being the case. This morning I woke up feeling a bit dehydrated. I drank a lot of water …
Day one on Concerta
This morning I picked up my first prescription for concerta. I ate a somewhat balanced breakfast of cereal with peanut butter (for a protein boost) and held myself to only one cup of coffee. Picking up the prescription the before insurance price for 30 days was $257(surprise!), but the “after insurance” price was only $15 …
Script the pain away
I have a test suite that takes one minute to run. I run it, wait 20 seconds, get bored and go do something else. I finally remember what I was doing about 5-15 minutes later and check the test, but by then I’ve often lost the context of what I was testing and why! This …
How to ask for help from a Senior Developer (and get it)
I struggle with asking for help in both directions. I often ask too early (when I should have googled it) and I also ask too late (I spin my wheels for 8hrs when a 5 min call would have unstuck me) After much struggle here’s my general strategy. Don’t ask if I haven’t worked on …
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Getting diagnosed with ADHD on tiktok?!
I can’t believe I’m a grown-ass man talking about tiktok. Yes, I may have learned a few dances on there, and seen some people do dumb things with their trucks, cell phones, and laptops, but the amazing thing about tiktok is that they have a HUGE community of ADHD content creators. There are people talking …
How to have slack remind you of meetings.
Ok, hear me out. Have you ever been hyperfocused (on anything – not judging) and missed a meeting? Me too. About a thousand times actually. I really wished there was some way to tell me when a meeting was coming up and keep me from missing them. Enter the gcal/slack integration! I know it sounds …
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Day one – the hopes and dreams of a software developer with ADHD
This is day one. This site is to help share (and find) things that help me write software better / more easily / with less struggle. I bet some of them will work for you as well. That’s not just about minimizing the effect that ADHD has on me – it’s also finding all of …
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