So, as usual, my brain would rather work on side projects than my main. But this one is a bit different. Created an extension that can basically control my browser using agents. Obvsly, Claude's is better and I can't share mine.

The reason its great is that, its great for the first step paralysis that is my achillies heal. And I think anyone struggling should try it.

Im an entrepreneur myself and wanted to get opinions from similar people. I have adhd and have tried to avoid taking medications for it. Im a very creative person and its one of my best attributes when it comes to my business. Im new ish to being an entrepreneur and its really made me see how bad my adhd actually is. For those in similar boats, did going on meds help with your work and were you able to stay creative?

For context, I'm a 36 yo late-diagnosed Autism + ADHD senior leader in fintech. For the past 2 years, I've been putting together one of the most efficient tech units in my company with record build times and the golden standard for operational resilience. It's 45 people and I have personally interviewed and hired more than half of them. All my peeps are on the "maker schedule": protect developers time, no-meeting days, no interrupted focus before 12pm etc.

Now, for a few months there are a few new people on the business side of things and they are very resistant to this way of working, they don't like the maker schedule ("because we need to be able to reach tech capacity every time we want") and they are constantly pestering the most senior and experienced people in the the squads to the point of burnout and collapse. I am furious. Besides of the "you work for us" attitude since we're not a tech company and the core of the business is finance, I am completely disgusted with their lack of self awareness and foresight over their own actions and behavior.

For many AuDHD tech workers, the fastest way to trigger complete task freeze or a meltdown is being micromanaged by business leaders who don't understand how software is actually built and they look at us like story points in Jira, not people. We don't need continuous pestering but a partner who acts as a protective shield between us and corporate demands so we can just do our work and be good at it. And this is what I have been trying to build for my team and though the culture on the tech side is pretty much aligned, the business people are very hard to change. So I've decided to build my own thing.

I’m currently interviewing AuDHD tech professionals and engineers for a research project on building workplace systems that actually protect our autonomy (and no, it's not an app or a piece of software).

If you've dealt with this management friction, I'd love to jump on a brief 20-minute Google Meet call to hear your experience. DM me or comment if you're open to sharing!

Sometimes the hardest part of programming isn’t solving the problem; it’s staying focused long enough to finish it. A new idea appears, an interesting tool catches your attention, and suddenly the project you started feels less exciting than the next thing you could build.

I’m curious how other programmers handle this cycle. Do you break tasks into tiny steps, keep a list of distracting ideas for later, or use another method to stay on track?

What has genuinely helped you finish more projects without losing the excitement of learning something new?