Welcome! I was 40 when I was formally diagnosed with ASD and ADHD.

The ADHD diagnosis was a godsend, as I was finally able to put a label on why I couldn’t sit through hours-long meetings without completely rearranging my office, or feeling like a complete failure because I couldn’t understand or learn a new programming language.

The AU diagnosis, while completely expected, hit harder because it was not only validating, but also hardened the fact that I truly do have difficulty with social and executive functions.

I’m glad communities like this exist where other neurodivergent individuals can feel represented and validated.

Have you tried VPN?

That’s by design. uBlock is blocking ad and spyware network requests. It’s common for sites to crash or error because of this. They’ll depend on a call to Google or Sentry or DataDog to succeed before continuing with their initialization. As a platform engineer for several web properties, I die a little inside every time I see this happen.

My work blocks all kinds random software, Firefox included. My workaround is using Brave browser and a service like NextDNS either as an app or as the DNS provider for my home network. It’s not perfect but it’s flexible enough.

There are only 3 reasons employers force RTO: control, real estate, impending RIFs.