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by johnchristopher 1067 days ago
> Maybe it’s a personal preference after all but my ADHD brain for sure prefers debugging.

> Debugging is sometimes more challenging and the boundaries are clearly defined : you know how the program should behave and you know when you get it. You know what doesn’t work so it’s easy to go TDD : when the test is green you are good to go !

> Whereas writing new code is a pain for my dopamine system because I never know when it’s done.

Oooooh, that fits with my drifting towards debugging other's code (even when I have 0 experience with the language) and debugging infrastructure configuration.

I sometimes think I may have some ADHD traits but I don't believe I have it. Though I recently decided to adopt some ADHD strategies to organize my home/life and it has had some effects/benefits.

Maybe I should pivot harder away from coding and drift towards sysadmin.