Show HN: Meanwhile – turn Claude Code idle time into learning

Category: cli-tool

Tags: cli-tool, learning, tmux, news-aggregator, productivity

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Meanwhile is a tmux-based side pane that displays curated news and engineering concepts next to Claude Code while it works, using spaced repetition for learning. It combines CLI tooling, tmux integration, and a daily CI-built digest with no API keys or dependencies for the end user, turning idle waiting time into productive learning.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/riccardomusumeci11/meanwhile · Python · MIT · 4 stars

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