What if “bicycle for the mind” never meant that it’s a way to speed up, but a way to exercise?

Since in 2026 nobody uses bikes to exercise anymore, the more understandable metaphor would be “a Peloton for the mind,” an ergometer to get your mind-muscles into motion at all before they atrophy.

Then the goal is not to be quick, to get stuff done – at least not for you, personally, – but to learn and do something interesting. The old-skool Hacker ethos. The vibe you still have in niche communities of embedded system tinkerers, of fantasy console game makers, of 6502 assembly fans, etc. etc. There’s infinite ways to have fun and learn with a computer. And there’s ways to make a living using a computer in various ways. If these two goals don’t align, you need a tool to make the chores go over as quickly as possible, so you have more time for the interesting things.

Wishing y’all that these two goals align for you more than they don’t!