I Built a Haunted Terminal That Scares You Into Taking Breaks

Описание и применение

Терминальный призрак заставляет разработчиков делать перерывы, показывая страшные изображения и инструкции, после чего фиксирует время отсутствия от экрана.

Задача

Polite break reminders are ignored; developers need a more compelling prompt to take breaks.

Результат

23 breaks and 46.0 minutes away from the screen were logged after using haunt.

Рабочий процесс

• Every few minutes a random timer triggers
• Ask a local Llama3.2:3b model to generate a whisper, health tip, and theme
• Display a horror still/GIF/video rendered as ANSI half‑block cells
• Show a calm panel with a countdown and breathing instructions
• Log the break duration for statistics

Доказательства

Every break reminder I have ever installed died the same death: a toast slid into the corner of the screen, I thought "in a minute", and that was that.

Источник

Every few minutes (randomised, so you cannot brace for it), haunt: asks a local open‑weight model to write one unsettling line and one concrete break instruction; slams a horror image, GIF, or video over your terminal; replaces it with a calm panel that holds a countdown while you breathe, stretch, and walk away; logs the break so --stats can tell you how long you actually spent away from the screen.

Источник

When you quit, it prints the damage: 23 breaks, 46.0 minutes away from the screen.

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