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Nice work! Reminds me of the old days of the 'Boss Key' in most games of the 80's. +1 on the suggestion to actually make this a VSCode extension so you can have it running in a tab in your actual workspace and check it from time to time.

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Growing up I had a game which had a "Boss Key" in that showed a spreadsheet and some pie charts, I remember wondering why you'd want a fake business looking screen in a game that disappears if you press any key. So many mysteries that remained unanswered before you could ask the internet.

I remember dad's computer at work had Leisure Suit Larry on it with a boss screen. Must have been mid 80's. Also that golf game that spoke to you (I think the Simpsons riffed on it).

Probably most PCs were in offices at the time so it makes sense I guess.

Tinder has this too

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