The ADHD Developer's Guide to CLAUDE.md

Short summary

CLAUDE.md is a project and global configuration file that Claude Code reads automatically each session, replacing external working memory for developers. It captures your tech stack, conventions, voice, and current checkpoint, eliminating context-switch rebuild overhead. The author's data shows startup time drops from 5–15 minutes to under 1 minute, task re-doing becomes rare, and reopening half-built projects feels less daunting.

• •CLAUDE.md acts as persistent working memory for developers, especially ADHD developers prone to context-switch overhead
• •Eliminates repetitive session-startup time (from 5–15 min to under 1 min) and task re-explains
• •Captures stack, conventions, voice, and current checkpoint—information that would otherwise leak from working memory

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