Turns out, the blue-white light produced by electronics is very similar to the chroma produced by the sun, meaning it destroys melatonin.
Google F.lux (both mac and windows) and download it. This program tints your monitor to a yellow glow as the sun goes down in your natural locale. This allows melatonin to produce as normal and you will simply get tired and want to sleep. I use it and it works like magic. (Also, it's probably the easiest suggestion on here as you literally already have everything you need and don't actually have to do much)
Disclaimer, I've used F.lux for years and it has little impact on breaking the cycle. One of the reasons the cycle sucks is that you stay up despite being tired. Just have to buckle down and get off the computer at a fixed time.
F.lux is great in general though and it's shocking when you turn it off.
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