> You can see in chats 11 to 14 that we're entering the slop zone. The code the agent created has a critical bug, and it's absolutely failing to fix it. And I have no idea how to fix it, either.
I'm glad to see rsc still actively involved. And commenting on commit messages.
The older I get the more I value commit messages. It's too easy to just leave a message like "adding valgrind support", which isn't very useful to future readers doing archaeology.
I'm coming to expect that most things you see on the internet are written by an LLM. I can't wait for all the de-LLM denoiser products that're sure to come out combating llm spam.
Thanks for bringing up therapy. I've been in therapy for some time, which lead to leaving my former position. I agree with you that my brain is certainly more buggy than my side projects :)
> One thing I love about Vyvanse is that it really does have an all-day effect. I'm wired, active, and focused from the moment I take it in the morning, until 11pm or so at night. Unfortunately this also means that it takes a lot of self-discipline to keep a good sleep schedule, which isn't something us ADHDers are very good at, especially as the medication wears off. On just Vyvanse alone, I have a hard time falling asleep and sleeping well.
Interestingly, adderall not having an all day effect is something I like about it. I take an XR in the morning and have a smaller IR in the afternoon. It gives me the flexibility to not take one or the other if I'm not feeling up for it.
> Melatonin is ridiculously safe. It basically has no detrimental effects in large doses. As a result, nutrition companies are in a war to make ever bigger over-the-counter doses because those sell better. But unfortunately while 5mg isn't toxic, it also makes me sleep 10 hrs and wake up groggy. As a result it's hard to find over the counter melatonin that is in the real dosage I want, 0.3 - 0.5 mg.
My sleep doc has advised ~0.5mg a couple hours before going to sleep. As I've come to understand it, taking it too soon before sleep is what causes the grogginess.
> However I found that Costco sells kids melatonin gummies with a 1 mg dosage, which is the smallest you can find on the market without paying extra. I just cut/bite the gummies in half to take approx 0.5mg a night. It's perfect, and I'm sorry it didn't work for you :(
I found some 1mg flavored chewable tablets that're easy to split in half. I've found the same brand at my grocery store and on amazon
Strattera (atomoxetine) is a commonly used SNRI developed for adhd. I personally had a very bad reaction to it, but it allegedly helps some people.
Guanfacine is another, I haven't tried it, so I can't give any first hand experience. I think it's used more to help blood pressure & agitation that can come up with adhd
Possible that the people are misdiagnosed, also possible that there's bias in hiring, or bias in field selection from people with adhd. It could also just be that yes, it is statistically unlikely, and this is just a less likely sample.