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An unscheduled post: while I sleep

2026-10-30 · Mikita Aharodni · Personal essay

Originally written in Russian.

an unscheduled post

wanted to share a little experiment. well, at this point, actual experience

my body has been telling me it's tired these past few days. it wants more sleep. so i gave it an hour or an hour and a half in the afternoon. one problem though: i can't work while i'm asleep

so i started wondering how much of that i could automate

here's the setup: i open a project in codex, turn on voice mode, give it some tasks and say i'm going to take a nap. if it needs me, it should call me. i list the situations where i think my input would actually help

if i don't answer for a few minutes, i tell it to open youtube, play loud sounds and turn the volume all the way up. when i say “stop”, it stops everything and we talk

and honestly? it works. i can wake up for five minutes, talk things through with the AI, then go straight back to sleep

going to try scaling this up to nighttime too!!!!