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The Cost of Showing Up: What the Productivity Advice Does Not Tell You About Being Visible

Sinisa Kusic3d ago • 8 min read

The Cost of Showing Up: What the Productivity Advice Does Not Tell You About Being Visible

The advice to write publicly is correct. The advice almost never names what that work actually costs...

#career#mentalhealth#webdev#discuss

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Raphaël Pinson4d ago • 2 min read

Sharing is caring

Autistic people who talk at length about their interests are often read as self-centered. I think th...

#mentalhealth#inclusion#community#career

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Lloyd-Jackman-UKPL6d ago • 6 min read

A friend in need?

This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge I want to start off by fessing up - I'm not a.....

#hermesagentchallenge#devchallenge#agents#mentalhealth

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Blossom — a small step toward student mental wellbeing

Avi Patel4d ago • 3 min read

Blossom — a small step toward student mental wellbeing

This is a submission for the Gemma 4 Challenge: Build with Gemma 4 Blossom — on-device AI....

#devchallenge#gemmachallenge#gemma#mentalhealth

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Raphaël Pinson12h ago • 3 min read

Two survival systems, two empathy modes

The double empathy problem, made concrete: not a deficit on one side, but two coherent systems that ...

#mentalhealth#inclusion#community#career

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Raphaël Pinson2d ago • 2 min read

Rest is not what you think

Rest as low novelty load, not low stimulation — known vs unknown inputs, threat/navigation system, b...

#mentalhealth#inclusion#community#career

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I built a voice CBT diary with offline AI — here's how it works

Pavel Trubetskov2d ago • 2 min read

I built a voice CBT diary with offline AI — here's how it works

Two years ago I was going through CBT therapy for anxiety and depression. The homework — keeping a....

#flutter#ai#mentalhealth#buildinpublic

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Why I Had to Build a Cryptographic Audit Trail Just to Prove I Wrote My Own Code

jaysyrk6d ago • 2 min read

Why I Had to Build a Cryptographic Audit Trail Just to Prove I Wrote My Own Code

Hi!! I'm jaysyrk, a 16 year old software dev. I have ADHD and bipolar 2. Because of how my brain...

#mentalhealth#programming#security#showdev

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Asesh1d ago • 3 min read

The Hidden Cost of Context Switching

For a long time, I thought productivity was about effort. Work harder. Focus more. Stay...

#career#developers#mentalhealth#productivity

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How Some Books Shaped My Way of Thinking

Kamal Rhrabla2d ago • 4 min read

How Some Books Shaped My Way of Thinking

Some books entertain you for a few days. Others quietly reorganize the way you see yourself, your...

#learning#mentalhealth#productivity#watercooler

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The Internet Made Us Productive. It Also Made Us Tired.

John Kagunda4d ago • 3 min read

The Internet Made Us Productive. It Also Made Us Tired.

productivity #mentalhealth #technology #career There’s a strange kind of exhaustion that...

#career#mentalhealth#productivity#watercooler

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Why I Track HRV Every Morning (And How It Actually Changes My Day)

Richard Lemon4d ago • 9 min read

Why I Track HRV Every Morning (And How It Actually Changes My Day)

HRV is only useful if it changes your day I have tracked HRV every morning for a few years now. Not...

#devjournal#mentalhealth#productivity#watercooler

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Not All Games Are Equal: The Real Difference Between a Trap and a Tool

WetCat4d ago • 5 min read

Not All Games Are Equal: The Real Difference Between a Trap and a Tool

If you game to decompress after work, the choice of game matters more than you'd think. Not all game...

#gaming#mentalhealth#productivity#webdev

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The Hypervigilance Trap: Why SOC Analysts Miss Threats When They Try Too Hard

Sujala Vasanthasena Nelavai3d ago • 4 min read

The Hypervigilance Trap: Why SOC Analysts Miss Threats When They Try Too Hard

1. Defining the Drift: What Exactly Is Pattern Hypervigilance? Pattern hypervigilance is a mental...

#cybersecurity#socanalyst#mentalhealth#psychology

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AI therapy apps need boundaries before they need hype

Jenuel Oras Ganawed6d ago • 4 min read

AI therapy apps need boundaries before they need hype

AI mental health apps are gaining attention, but the real issue is not novelty. It is privacy, bound...

#ai#privacy#mentalhealth#productivity

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I Added a Crisis Mode to My Habit Tracker App — Here Is Why

Trider1d ago • 3 min read

I Added a Crisis Mode to My Habit Tracker App — Here Is Why

I Added a Crisis Mode to My Habit Tracker App — Here Is Why We've all been there. You're...

#habits#android#mentalhealth#productivity

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When Stress Disguises Itself as Rational Planning (Bite-size Article)

koshirok0966d ago • 4 min read

When Stress Disguises Itself as Rational Planning (Bite-size Article)

Introduction Hello. Today, I want to write a short article about something I recently...

#devjournal#mentalhealth#productivity

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The Planning Fallacy: Why You Always Run Out of Time (And How to Fix It)

Assindo4h ago • 6 min read

The Planning Fallacy: Why You Always Run Out of Time (And How to Fix It)

You've done this a hundred times. You look at your to-do list and think, "I can knock this out...

#adhd#productivity#mentalhealth#selfimprovement

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How Traveling Shaped My Mind and Helped Me Respect Other Cultures

Kamal Rhrabla2d ago • 6 min read

How Traveling Shaped My Mind and Helped Me Respect Other Cultures

Traveling is more than moving from one place to another. It is not only about seeing new places,...

#learning#mentalhealth#watercooler

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Creator Burnout Is a Platform Design Problem. Here's the Technical Proof.

Rifat3d ago • 3 min read

Creator Burnout Is a Platform Design Problem. Here's the Technical Proof.

Creator burnout gets discussed as a mental health issue. It's more accurately a systems design...

#algorithms#mentalhealth#systemdesign#ux

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cx10h ago • 1 min read

ﾥ1入场券读后感：职场PUA是双向消耗

一句话总结面对职场PUA，核心不是「如何应对」，而是「让自己变得不可替代」——当你的稀缾性足够高，PUA的成本自然升高。 ...

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Debugging Human Hardware: A Developer’s Guide to Optimizing the Dopamine Loop

Health Revival3d ago • 3 min read

Debugging Human Hardware: A Developer’s Guide to Optimizing the Dopamine Loop

Fix your focus. A practical guide to debugging your brain's dopamine loops for developers.If you’ve....

#developer#mentalhealth#productivity

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Job Search Burnout Is Real: How to Stay Motivated When Nothing's Working

John6d ago • 8 min read

Job Search Burnout Is Real: How to Stay Motivated When Nothing's Working

Nobody warns you about what a sustained job search actually does to a person. The advice is always.....

#jobsearch#mentalhealth#careeradvice#motivation

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Why Self-Reflection Is the Key to Personal Growth

Awakened Lifestyle6d ago • 4 min read

Why Self-Reflection Is the Key to Personal Growth

Self-reflection is one of the most powerful tools for personal development in a fast-paced world...

#learning#mentalhealth#productivity#watercooler

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Tech Articles

The Cost of Showing Up: What the Productivity Advice Does Not Tell You About Being Visible

Sharing is caring

A friend in need?

Blossom — a small step toward student mental wellbeing

Two survival systems, two empathy modes

Rest is not what you think

I built a voice CBT diary with offline AI — here's how it works

Why I Had to Build a Cryptographic Audit Trail Just to Prove I Wrote My Own Code

The Hidden Cost of Context Switching

How Some Books Shaped My Way of Thinking

The Internet Made Us Productive. It Also Made Us Tired.

Why I Track HRV Every Morning (And How It Actually Changes My Day)

Not All Games Are Equal: The Real Difference Between a Trap and a Tool

The Hypervigilance Trap: Why SOC Analysts Miss Threats When They Try Too Hard

AI therapy apps need boundaries before they need hype

I Added a Crisis Mode to My Habit Tracker App — Here Is Why

When Stress Disguises Itself as Rational Planning (Bite-size Article)

The Planning Fallacy: Why You Always Run Out of Time (And How to Fix It)

How Traveling Shaped My Mind and Helped Me Respect Other Cultures

Creator Burnout Is a Platform Design Problem. Here's the Technical Proof.

ﾥ1入场券读后感：职场PUA是双向消耗

Debugging Human Hardware: A Developer’s Guide to Optimizing the Dopamine Loop

Job Search Burnout Is Real: How to Stay Motivated When Nothing's Working

Why Self-Reflection Is the Key to Personal Growth