Journal

From the Builder

Thoughts on ADHD, solo building, and designing for minds that work differently.

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The Canopy Is Open

After six months, CanopyOS is live on the App Store. What shipped, what it isn't yet, and the thank-yous to the people who made it possible.

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You Don't Have a Time Management Problem

You've tried every ADHD time management system and you're still behind. Here's the reframe that changes everything — it was never about time. It's about energy, and how to plan around it instead.

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It Held the Thought

For ADHD brains, the interruption mid-focus isn't Slack — it's your own thought. Understory catches it in fifteen seconds. Live in CanopyOS Build 4.

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Design, Not Discipline

For 30 years "try harder" was the wrong answer. ADHD productivity isn't a discipline problem — it's a design problem. Energy-based planning for ADHD minds.

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The Interruption You Can't Block

ADHD task interruptions don't come from notifications — they come from your own brain. How executive dysfunction breaks deep focus mid-session, and the capture system we're building in CanopyOS to protect your ADHD focus window.

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Why We Wrote Our Own Sleep Score

For ADHD brains, sleep quality determines your focus window — not your calendar. Your wearable tracks hours; we built a score that tells you what they mean. Here's how, and the midnight bug we fixed first.

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The Inheritance

A late ADHD diagnosis means your kids might have it too. I told my sons on a Tuesday FaceTime — between baseball and circuit boards — and why I didn't wait for the right moment.

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The Architecture of My Brain

A late ADHD diagnosis at 51 rewired everything I thought I knew about myself — and led to building an ADHD planning app for minds that work differently.

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