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Mental health matters! Break the stigma. We can empower ourselves and each other to invest in our mental health. We can give support and care to ourselves and each other while we struggle. Let's talk about making our mental health priority.

about #mentalhealth

Posts should be related to mental health. This is a pretty wide category but some things that are included are:

Managing mental health as a developer
Living with mental illness and how it affects your work
Ways to cope with mental health issues
Avoiding burn out
Tools, apps, and methods that help you with your mental health
...and more

“Your mental health is a priority. Your happiness is an essential. Your self-care is a necessity.”

Struggling? Help is out there. Click here to find a list of global mental health resources and hotlines.

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Yodit Weldegeorgise

Dec 15 '25

The Coffee Bean

#career #mentalhealth #motivation

2 min read

Dec 10 '25

How to Prepare for the Future of Programming

#discuss #mentalhealth #career #programming

6 min read

sta

Dec 12 '25

The Environment Includes Soft, Hard, and Body

#devex #developer #mentalhealth

7 min read

Lavender Princess

Nov 7 '25

🌟 My First Hackathon Journey: My Mental Health Buddy at Hackaura 2025

#hackathon #beginners #python #mentalhealth

3 min read

Bitkin Aleksei Sergeevich

Dec 12 '25

Refactoring Legacy Code in the Human OS: Why Developers Need a Different Kind of Debugger

#productivity #career #mentalhealth #softskills

1 min read

Bitkin Aleksei Sergeevich

Dec 10 '25

Debugging the Mind's Legacy Code: A Cognitive Architect's Log

#mentalhealth #productivity #softwaredevelopment

2 min read

Mikhail Dorokhovich

Dec 9 '25

Beyond Burnout: A 5-Step Action Plan for Stressed-Out Developers

#burnout #careerdevelopment #mentalhealth #productivity

3 min read

Ashley Childress

Dec 4 '25

When the Spark is Done: The ADHD Energy Cycle No One Talks About ✨

#discuss #mentalhealth #productivity #adhd

5 min read

Nov 21 '25

LLM Context Window Stress Testing: Reliability Under Load

#ai #mentalhealth #safety

4 min read

CrisisCore-Systems

Dec 8 '25

Two People, Same Body: A Developer's Crisis Architecture

#mentalhealth #opensource #webdev #react

4 min read

Nov 18 '25

From Cancer Cures to Pornography: The Six-Month Descent of AI

#ai #mentalhealth #programming #webdev

7 min read

Ed

Dec 7 '25

When Someone Dismisses Your Work. Why You Should Keep Building Anyway

#discuss #motivation #mentalhealth #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

Nov 30 '25

The Dopamine Hit of git push vs. The Agony of git revert

#programming #webdev #career #mentalhealth

5 min read

Nadim Chowdhury

Nov 1 '25

I Built MoodFeed: An AI That Actually Knows When You're Having a Sh*t Day

#showdev #sideprojects #mentalhealth #ai

9 min read

Nadim Chowdhury

Nov 1 '25

Building Confessly: The Anonymous Confession Platform That Actually Listens

#showdev #opensource #mentalhealth #ai

7 min read

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