89: Coding with AI for the ADHD Brain

 Sharon just launched her first Meta ad campaign for Prove It, and Claude did most of the heavy lifting. That gets the three of them talking about “Sherlocking”: when a big company builds your product’s one great feature into its own platform. In the AI era, it feels like everyone is at risk. They get into what that means for Shelpful, Llama Life and Jesse’s upcoming app WavePal, and whether privacy could be a small app’s edge over AI agents like Meta’s Muse. Plus a coffee order gone wrong, App Store headaches, and picks for photo editing, planning and a documentary they can’t stop talking about. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalife.co• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Can we grieve the change from being a meticulous coder to detached project manager? The thrill of development has shifted from writing the code to producing the idea. In this episode, Marie, Sharon, and Jesse give their thoughts on the change AI has brought to their workflows and the experiences are diverse! Excitement, grief, reluctance, acceptance, and navigating the divide between those who choose to use AI and those who are against its use. Stick are for the plugs and picks for video games, nerdy text to voice systems, and plus the podcast editor's fan site!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalife.co• Sharon – @shelpful• Ian – @ianthebeardCheck out The Road to Doom: theroadtodoom.comCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What are front end developers supposed to do with this new design for iOS in iPhone Duo?! Jesse, Marie, and Sharon are back for episode 88 of ADHD Founders to discuss lessons learned from app store rejections, the excitement around new product launches, and designing for asymmetrical home screens. You'll find yourself laughing throughout the episode, and hopefully inspired to create something new - maybe even for the iPhone Duo! Stick around at the end for their plugs n' picks (we've got some sneaky bonus picks this episode).---Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Have you forgotten why you started creating to begin with? In this episode, Sharon, Marie, and Jesse discuss the shower for the internet, getting rejected by Apple (and why it might not be the worst thing), and then Jesse went and made another app. You read that right, ANOTHER app. Ultimately, this episode is about doing what you love and remembering to get back to your roots.Also, here's a (non-affiliate) link to Sharon's cool pick for the week: https://amzn.to/4r2cWqn ---Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode Sharon and Jesse explore the world of AI agents, Jesse creates ANOTHER app (that organizes the creation of apps), they discuss the move back to Substack after a change in the way they charge for their service, the general idea of email clients and platforms, and so much more! Stick around for their picks and plugs at the end for some curious products.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Mission Status: missionstatus.appCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You know how you could spot an AI image because it just couldn't get hands right? Is vibe coding doing the same thing for design? In this episode of ADHD Founders, Jesse and Marie dive deep into what they're building (it happens every time Sharon is out), how they use Claude Code or Cowork, the different between those two, and much more. You won't want to miss their picks toward the end of the episode!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode covers Sharon's obsession with Claude and how it's changing the way Shelpful operates. She's gone from manually creating content to spinning up Instagram carousels in seconds using Fable and her own past videos. They dive deep into Model Context Protocols (MCPs), how they work, and why they matter for the future of AI integration, then Marie reveals a "stupid idea" she's been sitting on for years: a website called that involves taking a shower!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode, Sharon and Jesse discuss the realities of being parents with ADHD raising kids with ADHD. They explore navigating their children's complex relationships with AI (from building apps to rejecting it entirely) as well as how Sharon leverages AI as the foundation for her company, Shelpful. They give company updates, discuss bespoke tools they use and the temptation to put everything on the app store, then give some amazing picks at the end of the episode. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Is a startup just a small business with ambition, or is there a real structural difference? The main conversation this week is about what actually separates a startup from a small business — and after working through Paul Graham, WeWork, creator economics, and the indie vs. VC divide, the answer turns out to be less about structure and more about who you are. Jesse, Marie, and Sharon have all been somewhere different on that spectrum, which makes it a better conversation than a pure definitional debate would be. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The ADHD brain doesn't tolerate annoying repetitive work. It either avoids it until everything breaks or engineers the problem out of existence. This week Marie, Jesse, and Sharon are firmly in the second camp: Marie turned her most dreaded support task into a script that genuinely gives her dopamine, Jesse built a custom climate control app in an afternoon because the existing ones were ugly, and the whole thing spirals into a real debate about whether AI just made the SaaS moat a very small puddle. Jesse uses his thermostat app three times mid-episode. It works perfectly.--Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalife.co• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★