I Can't Remember Details But I See the Whole System: ADHD and Architectural Abstraction
ADHD working memory limitations force abstraction. Unable to hold all details, you naturally build mental models—exactly what system architecture requires.
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ADHD working memory limitations force abstraction. Unable to hold all details, you naturally build mental models—exactly what system architecture requires.
Living with ADHD means constant failure recovery. This builds resilience and failure-handling intuition perfect for distributed systems design.
ADHD's dopamine-seeking behavior drives continuous learning and early adoption. This 'shiny object syndrome' is actually technology scouting for the AI era.
The ADHD tendency to juggle multiple incomplete thoughts mirrors distributed computing. Managing concurrent mental threads builds intuition for async architectures.
ADHD pattern recognition isn't noise—it's a superpower for AI system design. Here's how hyperfocus and cross-domain thinking create better architectures.