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title: "Idleness, redux"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2026/05/idleness-redux/
last_updated: 2026-05-26
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It's 2026.

Whenever I'm idle in the gym, or in public transit, or in a queue, or waiting for GitHub to become available again (boooo!), I can simply open Claude Code on my phone and unleash my ~~boredom~~ creativity. I can open my corporate [~~clanker~~](https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/5/26/clankers/) claw assistant and do on-the-fly recon, troubleshooting & prototyping.

What a time to be alive!

Should I feel guilty to enjoy it? Guilty of the pleasure? Of the planet burning? Of the soci(et)al implications it yields? I was always very productive since my teens. I was always a fan of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And then, all of a sudden, it feels like my childhood fantasies have materialized, all at once, and they're almost universally available, at my fingertips, literally.