Kinda wish there was something we're you had someone watching you to make sure you aren't procrastinating. Wouldn't have to be a peer - you could have someone offshore keeping an eye on a bunch of people at a time, ready to yell at them.
I would allow your mate to sense the situation when you could be more available for chatting/socializing/etc.
My google-fu is failing me, I think I saw it ~2019 but cannot find anything now.
And of course the focusmate seems to be still a thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21352305
https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/contributors
Edit: Not sure if my server can survive, but you play with the server on your own machine if you have docker installed.
$> docker run --rm -d -p 3347:3347 gitsense/gitsense-server
You can add a repo by connecting to the docker container
$> docker exec -ti <container id> bash
$ your docker container> add-repo github github super-linter
And track indexing by going to the admin tool
http://<your docker host machine>:3347/admin (username: admin, password: admin)
To set a token, execute in your container
set-token github <your token>
No seriously. This seems like it's about to come true in a not so pleasant way.
you'll be happy to hear this already exists, and is getting more popular by the day! it's called ceos outsourcing labor