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Terminals

A developer reported having 13 open terminals, more than half running Pi or Claude Code, and acknowledged this as a sign of information overload and decision fatigue, linking to resources on cognitive load and a post about slowing down.

read1 min views5 publishedAug 20, 2026

♠ Today I found myself with 13 open terminals, more than half of them running Pi or Claude Code, the rest with various projects and explorations split amongst work and personal affairs.

13!!

[This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_overload)
[is](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue)
[not](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load)
[a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_partial_attention) matter of pride.

I need to [take a

break](https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-03-25-thoughts-on-slowing-the-fuck-down/). ∎ — § —

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