How I organize 26 microservices on one GPU without losing my ADHD mind

I have ADHD. I also run 26 microservices on a single RTX 4070.

These two facts fight each other constantly.

The Problem

Every ADHD developer knows this cycle:

1. Start exciting new project
2. Hyperfocus for 6 hours
3. Ship something half-finished
4. Context switch to next shiny thing
5. Forget what you built yesterday

I had 60+ projects in various states of "almost done."

The Fix: Structured Missions

I stopped reading documentation. Instead, I built follow-along missions where each step bypasses the executive function gate.

Not "learn about Docker networking." But "run this one command and see if port 5027 responds."

The 7 Builds That Stuck

1. CDP Browser Automation — one Python script, one WebSocket connection
2. Local AI Mesh — multiple Ollama models coordinating on one machine
3. ComfyUI + Ollama on 8GB VRAM — image gen AND language models without crashing
4. Web-to-APK in 10 Minutes — any web tool becomes an Android app
5. AI Manga Pipeline — story beats to assembled pages, all local
6. Self-Hosted Stack — tools that survive vendor churn
7. Orchestration Patterns — cron jobs, health checks, daemons

Why This Works for ADHD

Each build is:

• Time-boxed: 45-90 minutes
• Dopamine-rewarding: output immediately
• Externalized: no planning in your head
• Completable: starts and finishes in one session
• Stackable: each feeds the next

The Architecture That Emerged

After all 7, I had 26 microservices running. Not because I planned them. Because each mission built one thing, and they naturally connected.

That's the ADHD advantage: we don't plan cathedrals. We stack interesting bricks. Sometimes a cathedral appears.

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The full set of 7 missions with configs and video walkthroughs: AI Creator's Toolkit

Questions welcome.