Shopify CEO's new CLI tool promises to rescue your 2 AM code epiphanies from the graveyard of forgotten folders—because even ADHD devs deserve a fighting chance against their own brain

Tobi Lütke, CEO of Shopify, has developed an experimental directory management tool called try, designed for developers with ADHD. The tool aims to help users organize and manage their experimental project directories, reducing the stress of lost files and projects. try is a Ruby-based CLI tool that allows for fuzzy search, time-based scoring, and automatic date prefixes, making it easier to find and navigate directories. The tool also integrates with Git worktree, enabling users to create detached HEAD worktrees and manage experiments without cluttering their main repository. With try, developers can quickly create new directories, search for existing ones, and review past experiments. The tool is available for installation via RubyGems or as a Rust port, try-rs, which operates as a native binary. By providing a structured system for experimental thinking, try embodies the philosophy that "structure breeds freedom," allowing developers to try new ideas without fear of failure or loss of progress.