From the Builder
Thoughts on ADHD, solo building, and designing for minds that work differently.
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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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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