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by Jemaclus 743 days ago
Love this idea. Very funny and well done!

Fun fact: back in ye olden days (90s, early 00s), we used to call these "boss keys," where you could hit a key on your keyboard while playing a game, and the UI would switch to a spreadsheet or document, so that as your boss walked by, it looked like you were working, but once they were gone, you could hit another key and jump right back into Quake or Hexen or Command & Conquer or whatever. Haven't seen an app with a boss key in a long time, and I think they're due to come back!