I use LLMs for a lot of things these days, but maybe the most important one is as a focus-preserving mechanism for exactly these kinds of middle-ground async ta

I use LLMs for a lot of things these days, but maybe the most important one is as a focus-preserving mechanism for exactly these kinds of middle-ground async tasks that have a feedback loop measured in a handful of minutes. If the process is longer than a few minutes, I can switch tasks while I wait for it. It's waiting for those things in the 3-10 minute range that is intolerable for me: long enough I will lose focus, not long enough for me to context switch. Now I can bullshit with the LLM about something related to the task while I wait, which helps me to stay focused on it.