I'm frustrated...

One thing I've learned is that my biggest productivity gains haven't come from finding a better app... they've come from finding people who understand why I build systems in the first place.

I've been searching Reddit for communities of ADHD programmers and other neurodivergent builders who are obsessed with improving their workflows, sharing what actually works, and holding each other accountable to keep making progress.

I've realized that many people without ADHD simply don't experience the constant need to iterate on systems the way I do. I get it... its not their problem, but it is mine (and the need is urgent), this of course means it's hard to find people who genuinely "get it."

So, I'm curious:

• What communities (Reddit or elsewhere) have helped you grow?
• Do you have an accountability group (regular meet ups, Discord or wherever), or regular check-ins with other ADHDers? (Think almost like Alcoholics Annonymous, but ADHD-focused, online, and recurring on some cadence)

If something like this doesn't exist, I'd be interested in helping build it (I wait for no one... spent too much of my life waiting for something that ends up never happening, but I'm still stuck or barely progressing in the meantime). If that's something you'd want to be part of, let me know. I'd love to hear what's worked, as well as what hasn't.

Hello folks! This is surely something that belongs (or is already in) a FAQ or similar. If not, I'm happy to help create such a set of documents (that is basically my day job) if other folks would find interest in it.

Additionally, I'd love to participate in anything like a standup meeting or equivalent. Do you guys have a project/task tracker? I would wager GitHub is doing the bulk, or all of it. When someone has a minute, give me a quick rundown so I can hit the ground running :) here is a bit of what I've seen after scanning the GitHub:

• https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/ (many md files)

And if you have any deficiencies or lack of ownership in the above, I have operated in a PM capacity at my day job and would be happy to assist in that area as well if desired.

Some examples of work I do at my day job that I'm skilled in:

• Requirements illicitation
• documentation (I have done TONs of SOPs and various support guides and I'm constantly leveraging AI to speed up this whole process and automate to keep docs/etc as up-to-date as possible with minimal overhead)
• Writing User Stories
• Building Test cases
• Project/task tracking
• facilitating meetings/discussions

and so forth... hopefully some of this helps. I am a Computer Science major who has been stuck in the land of IT Technical Support for more than a decade and I'm ready to get back to my roots of programming, this open source project (combined with my own need and passion to manage my time due to my ADD diagnosis since childhood) is an excellent fit for mutually beneficial synergy between myself and those involved in this project

Let's try this post again. My last post seems to have come across as self-promotion or some sort of spam/shilling. My apologies to all if that is how it was interpreted, it was never my intent. My goal is to simply look for advice from folks similar to me (programmer with ADD) and present my current solutions in case they help someone else as I look for even better solutions and give mutually beneficial advice (OP and repliers).

One of the things that troubles me is that I see many folks in reddit (and the internet in general) that seem to feed off sympathy but never get to talking through a solution, implementing it, and then objectively measuring if things improved or not, so that you can do better on the next attempt. So, with that said, here are 8 core requirements/problems I've identified that I need to solve for to be truly effectively in the long-term with implementing GTR (getting things done) methodology into my personal and professional time/task management processes. All of them need improvement, some more than others.

1. I'm Needing a Tool/Process for Life: My current solution, I currently use a Kanban style of methodology to track all areas of my life, but I'm exploring a switch to another app to avoid rising AI costs and gain open‑source coding experience that supports my transition into full‑time development.
2. My time management/planning tool needs to be low overhead (no more usage than 30 cumulative minutes a day, the smaller the better): My goal is to keep daily tool usage under 30 minutes, but ClickUp still creates friction—especially with recurring task edits—despite my quick‑entry setup and weekly review routine.
3. Quick Entry: For quick entry I rely on Siri (poorly), plus an iPhone home‑screen widget with speech‑to‑text for fast task capture while mobile and on the go (in a car for example).
4. ALARMS for scheduled tasks: For this, I sync ClickUp to Google Calendar and use Today Planned to trigger reliable, snoozable alerts even when my phone is silent.
5. Reliability: ClickUp is mostly reliable but often buggy and laggy, and recent 22% staff layoffs make me worry about its long‑term stability.
6. Auto-Scheduling and Auto-Rescheduling: I currently have no good auto‑scheduling or auto‑rescheduling solution, as ClickUp is limited here and Motion remains the only strong option I've seen.
7. Time Reporting: ClickUp’s reporting is too limited for my needs, and I may need an add‑in like Clockify to get category breakdowns and planned‑vs‑actual weekly comparisons.
8. Community: My community support is mixed across Reddit, Discord, and coworkers, and I’m still searching for strong accountability partners or a group willing to regularly compare time‑tracking and weekly performance.

Some Extra useful bits (I have many more, but I need to stop this post somewhere lol):
- I use the "Seconds" app timer for morning and nightly routines to remind me to get things done and measure the speed at which I'm completing things. This intentionally does three things (1) makes me aware of how long it takes to do each task and thus budget time appropriately/accurately (2) insures that I don't forget to do any one thing on the list (3) challenges me to do better and go faster.
- Take notes into OneNote (and drop the link in my relevant ClickUp task so I can quickly jump back to and get started on) at the end of time blocks to insure next step action items are identified and ready to be executed (or even potentially handed off/delegated to others due to shifting priorities)