The hidden burden of undiagnosed ADHD is constantly inventing excuses in an attempt to explain behavior that you don’t even understand yourself.
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The hidden burden of undiagnosed ADHD is constantly inventing excuses in an attempt to explain behavior that you don’t even understand yourself.
PostHog care package on desk with t-shirt, socks, and stickers. Coffee cup in background. First day in the office.
office keys in hand. @posthog.com swag on the desk. jitter juice ready.
this is real now.
#buildinpublic
current project is still in stealth, but it seems the public GitHub history is what got me here somehow. almost feels too lucky.
go with fromstr, it gives you .parse() for free and that’s what people expect. add tryfrom<&str> later if you want .try_into() to work too.
happy new year folks
also ForrestKnight dropped this summary of CLI tools that every linux dev should know.
starts the video saying "about 40 commands", ends it with "actually like 30, cut some in the moment".
that's the kind of unfiltered content i respect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhLM...
Custom-built PC running a fresh Arch Linux installation. My new dev setup for 2026.
treated myself to a new rig over xmas. spent ~3 hours exorcising haunted spanish windows bootloaders.
arch is running. rust and go installed before i even saw the desktop.
we are so back.
Screenshot of an email from startup cofounders explaining how they found me by scraping GitHub profiles for specific technical skills. Key details redacted.
Claude Code analytics dashboard showing approximately 500,000 lines of code generated in the past month.
got an email last year that changed my life.
"we scraped github looking for [X]. your profile came up."
500k lines of code later, i finally understand what 'locked in' means.
2026 is going to be different.
#buildinpublic
The more social media you read, the less attention you have for long form (whether articles or books).
The more short videos you watch, the less attention you have for long videos and podcasts.
Be mindful if you're spending time wisely for all your waking hours.
screenshot of claudecode generating a full ai engine with imports, security models, and near-complete test coverage.
pov: its 2025 and your ai is busy building its replacement
code first, words later.
#buildinpublic
masters nationals this weekend.
PB in almost every event. wanted sub-27 for 50 free, got exactly 27.00 (lane 8). swimming gods have a sense of humour.
months of training done while building in silence. time to ship the ecosystem.
watch this wave.
#buildinpublic #swimming
failed another coding interview last week.
im so bored of hour-long leetcode marathons that reward speed over sense.
so ill keep building this orchestrator for my entire SaaS ecosystem. traceability all green so far.
at least something actually passed.
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p.s.
SYS-CTL = system controller (whatever you're building - script, component, hook, schema, endpoint etc)
SYS-REQ = specific system requirements (expected behaviour you need to deliver)
helps you identify edge cases at any scale.
save for your next debug #buildinpublic
{SYS-CTL}
{SYS-REQ}
what key architecture mistakes + corrections should be identified to fulfil the requirements outlined above? your design should be driven by clarity, precision, and implementation discipline, producing scalable and verifiable outputs
lol exactly. summers the og chaos monkey. each year seems to slap me with a fresh stress test.
exactly, the stage totally shifts intent.
tofus like “morning routine” build the vibe, mofu/bofu are where the decisions happen. like “best grinder under $100” or “aeropress vs chemex”
a decent mix should keep the journey smooth ;)
still feels like cheating but im not complaining. literally saves me hours on the daily.
@joshwcomeau.com has a gift for making frontend click. his keyframe post (#5) is a perfect example.
as a python/go dev, i love how he makes frontend feel logical. his deep dives + interactive bits really help neurospicy folks like me.
👉 www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/ke...
dev maturity is unlocked when you realise:
1. everything is just JSON
2. github copilot is a goat
3. django is insanely powerful
4. refactor = distractor, fix the bottlenecks
5. keyframes are easy, youre just impatient
4 is a life lesson. 5 hit different.
#buildinpublic
feel you on this. cursor just doesnt fit how i work.
i prefer short lightweight chats with specific context drops. dragging subsystems in one by one, improving consecutively.
while its super convenient just accepting the magic i just enjoy poking at the system until it make sense.
I've been playing with cursor a bit and find it frustrating, even though I only gave it very simple tasks.
It hallucinates icons, doesn't correct them when I tell it to use the real ones & messes up functionality when I just ask it to change UI colors.
How to work smoothly with it?
#buildinpublic
morning espresso for thought ☕
keywords = what people search for: "best coffee grinder"
tags = how your content connects internally: "kitchen/morning-routine/daily-grind"
one targets discovery, the other builds relationships.
completely different jobs.
#buildinpublic #seo
2 years ago: django api = full day, mvp deployment = full week.
this morning: deployed staging/testing/prod for an authenticated vault server syncing to local JSON.
controls + syncs entire app config straight from notion.
ai made this stupidly fast.
#buildinpublic
if you've ever wondered why #python just clicks...
this documentary explains everything. guido van rossum walks through the decisions that made python feel human.
90 minutes of pure programming history (chef's kiss 🤌)
youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0?...
The foundation of every #marketing channel:
• measure KPIs and iterate on data
• meet your ICP in their moment of pain
• ask "so what?" until you find the root benefit
• communicate in a language they resonate with
• make your offer so attractive that you don't need to hard sell
#buildinpublic
i save linkedin + reddit for milestone/content announcements, the smaller wins and falls are strictly for here.
the platform-aware point is spot on - been lazy about that for too long now.
public stats: frogdr.com/devarno.com
Domain rating chart showing devarno.com jumping from DR 10 to DR 21 with sharp upward spike over recent weeks
Weekly DR leaderboard showing devarno.com at #1 position with +11 point increase highlighted
small win alert.
devarno.com jumped +11 DR points to 21 this week. somehow landed #1 on the weekly leaderboard.
building in public is working. slowly but surely.
#buildinpublic
Starting block number 5 at sunrise with golden light reflecting on pool water, lane ropes extending into distance at Olympic training facility
lane 5. 7am. last call.
race simulation to close out the weekend. 21km total since friday.
back to building tomorrow. different kind of blocks to tackle.
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