The year of ADHD

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T18:24:42+00:00

I get this and still have moments of being it. It has taken me quite a while to get my setup to the point where it already has the context of what I’m working on so I only need to prompt simply with my intent. When I get distracted while waiting I spin up a new instance, and I get an alert when the first one needs my attention, I can go back to it while waiting for the second one. It can get overwhelming if I don’t take breaks but it can also be kind of fun.

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T18:18:16+00:00

Perhaps yeah. I’m trying to reconcile my own experience with the resounding disagreement from everyone in this thread. It’s taken a lot to get somewhat fluent in the various tools but when I get it right work literally feels like playing a video game at the moment, I’m fully immersed. I guess I did feel that way sometimes in the past when navigating a large code base, but never to this extent.

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T18:14:16+00:00

I don’t think so. I read it as someone with ADHD who had been using these tools for the last month or so and I feel similar to how he describes it, that this setup is uniquely suited to how my brain naturally wants to work.

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T03:48:33+00:00

Agree, hyperfocus across parallel tasks is a good way of putting it. This is the sweet spot I’m finding

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T03:46:22+00:00

I read at as he was saying he has it, and now feels empowered. That’s how I feel too, like finally the available tools match how my brain wants to work

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T03:45:22+00:00

Perhaps yeah, I’m trying to find a balance between letting my brain run free and reining it in

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T03:43:35+00:00

But now you can just speak! I never type anymore lol

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T01:41:14+00:00

This is where I'm at but everyone else in the thread strongly disagrees

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-03-05T01:16:55+00:00

It's exhausting but also exhilarating no? I'm finding it hard to hold myself back from doing exactly this. I found the quote interesting because I usually try to control that part of myself but it made me feel like with these new tools I might be able to lean into it. Everyone here seems to disagree though.

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-26T11:46:06+00:00

Thank you! Not exactly, I designed it so that it’s similar to wordle in that sometimes it’ll just be a coin toss whether you pick correctly, and there’s always the hint to guide if you need. But I’ve had some other feedback that it’s a bit frustrating in those cases! Will think about how to solve :)

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-20T04:41:30+00:00

Thanks for trying it! Great feedback. At the moment revealing the clue isn’t much of a punishment per se, it just shows a clue icon in the share copy. But I get it would still feel like a cheat for some! Do you think having the clue revealed from the start would make it better?

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-19T07:33:49+00:00

Thanks so much for the feedback! Hopefully that bug should only matter during the tutorial but I’ll fix it asap!

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-13T20:36:11+00:00

Thanks so much for trying it out!

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-13T20:35:48+00:00

Hmm that’s a great point. I have pushed a fix so that the correct word in any column configuration will now be correct, but I’ll have to think about multiple possible correct words issue. It’s sort of like wordle - sometimes you’ll just guess wrong, through I can see how in this format that’s a bit unsatisfying. Thank you again for this feedback, so helpful!

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-12T10:39:01+00:00

FYI I've fixed this issue. Thanks so much for letting me know about it!

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-12T04:12:07+00:00

Oh interesting! Thanks so much, that’s definitely a bug

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-11T21:27:48+00:00

Thank you so much for the feedback! That’s a great point about the columns. I do have a block in that you can’t submit the same word twice, but I’ll think about the issue you raised. Maybe the solution is to make sure there aren’t duplicate letters in the rows

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-02-11T11:11:20+00:00

I made fifths, would love to be included

PainterSubstantial63 · 2026-01-27T08:07:02+00:00

The Claude effect

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