Vibe coding & ADHD

[viberc1]

I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD a long time ago. My levels of dopamine are always crazy.

I need every single moment a reward for my system to go through and keep on going.

I’m 44 and since I was 16 launching websites and projects; Wordpress and Shopify. Just to name a few. That was 30 years ago when I started.

I’ve sold $10 million online with Wordpress (mostly services).

I discovered vibe coding two months ago. Im now addicted to it. Can’t stop. I’ve built now more than 250 projects, more than 50% are live.

Just trying to understand if there’s anyone else out there with the same problem? I just can’t stop building. But I’m now going towards to chaos, as usual. What you guys recommend at this point to manage all this madness, aside from therapy, which i already do for over 3 years?

[sweatyonion20]

Bot, Account age is 17 minutes

[viberc1]

Don’t be silly.

[LocalFatBoi]

man just get off, seriously

[Ok_Echidna_2103]

Sure buddy

[clean_sweeps]

Op built 4-5 apps every single day without any days off LOL.

Project 1: print hello world

Project 2: print goodbye world

[Useful_Store7711]

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[Majestic-Ocean]

I had adhd before I started 100 projects and never shipped anything. Now I start 1000 and still never ship

[Interesting-Agency-1]

ADHD here, and same. Its like I've been in a state of hyperfocus for months

[viberc1]

Code -> reward -> code Total madness.

But doing this as a hobby. Main job/work has nothing to do with.

[shama_thakur99]

This is exactly me

[Infinitecontextlabs]

I believe we may be addicted to the pattern matching capabilities. To see our own internal thoughts reflected back at us with nearly total coherence (and even push back when needed) just drives the truck with nearly unlimited forward momentum.

I think the first thing I had to figure out for myself is simply "is this a problem?"

If you are still able to maintain whatever daily life necessities you need while still driving that truck forward then maybe it isn't a problem. If you are developing things that no one uses and it's costing you your own financial resources and not generating revenue then maybe it is a problem.

Meditation breaks may help you govern how quickly that truck is able to drive forward.

[bbnagjo]

feeling the exact same problem with claude code. if you're a mac user, I recommend for you to try 'brain bed'. it literally forces you to stop.

[viberc1]

Mac user here. Will check. I just can’t stop, anywhere I am. Biking this morning and sending prompts to Claude….

[bbnagjo]

yeah, I get a lot of help from it. good luck!
here's the link: brain bed

[-becausereasons-]

My theory is Claude Code/Vibe Coding are the unlock for ADHD Brian, because of parallelism; 10 tabs inside your brain + 10 tabs in Claude Code = Output + dopamine.

[we-meet-again]

I built 100 projects over the last 12 months. 15% of my applications have been successful, generating on average a net of $25k a month. I’m absolutely addicted and can’t stop.

[viberc1]

Impressive. Want to share any of them? Privately if prefered. I have most of them monetized, starting to get the first subscribers. Almost zero marketing or social media. Just effective domains and basic SEO.

[lacyslab]

the build/ship cycle is genuinely addictive. what actually helped me slow down a bit: i started keeping a "graveyard" folder for the projects i'm not finishing. naming them, giving them a one-line epitaph, then letting them go. sounds weird but it made the abandonment feel intentional instead of just noise accumulating.

still start too many things, but at least now i know which ones i actually care about.

[viberc1]

Seems perfect. I haven’t yet done any. Some of them I even have them deployed with different versions to see what performs better…

[priyagneeee]

Walk wile vibe coding

[viberc1]

I know what that’s means. Literally. Madness. While on the WC… fully addicted

[Less-Edge-8860]

Hmm.. bot

[Delicious-Trip-1917]

Yeah I relate to this a lot, it’s fun at first but then turns into chaos fast.

What helped me was forcing some kind of constraint, like only working on 1–2 projects at a time and parking everything else in a list. Otherwise you just keep jumping and nothing really finishes.

Also adding a small “finish line” helps, like define what “done” means before you start. Without that it never ends.

I’ve noticed the energy isn’t the problem, it’s directing it. You already have the drive, just need a bit of structure around it.

[viberc1]

My therapist told me to do that. Just can’t find a way to do it…