There's another technique, may be somewhere between "interesting" and "ridiculous security through obscurity", but have you heard of "port knocking"?
> Hey guys, do you sometimes experience reluctance of "calling it a day" out of fear of losing your mental context while working on some stuff?
Just did today! I went on bit of a coding rampage, as I knew that if I wasn't done with it, the whole initiative would lose momentum.
my boss isn't running a charity
is a great point. But maybe in covid times I'm more willing to borrow hours from my non-work life - I can 'return' them later without having missed any concert or football game ;p
> Just did today! I went on bit of a coding rampage, as I knew that if I wasn't done with it, the whole initiative would lose momentum. Exact same thing happened with me yesterday and I ended up working for around 11 hours, luckily I have the freedom to choose my own times. So if I work a bit more today, I can work less tomorrow 🙂