Accidentally created my first fork bomb with Claude Code

Accidentally created my first fork bomb with Claude Code, bricked my computer overnight, and somehow built useful tools along the way.

I start my workday late, around 11. I sit at my desk and shake the mouse - nothing.

“huh, that’s weird. why is this stupid thing not starting up?”

I press a few random keys on my keyboard - nothing.

I push the fingerprint sensor - nothing. “seriously?”

I tap on the trackpad. No haptic feedback. Completely unresponsive. “maybe there is something loose from cable managing last night?” I check the cables, everything’s plugged-in.

I try to force restart the computer, but it’s warm… no, it’s hot. “that’s weird.”

My stomach sinks. I had spilled tea all over this computer a few months ago. The bottom chassis was replaced, but maybe something hadn’t been. My next on-call shift is coming up in three days. “ugh,” I think.

“macOS 26 has been unreliable, it did update 2 nights ago.” It shuts down fine, I let go, I press the button again, it starts up fine.

I log in, start a terminal up, type in claude , press return. I want to see what I need to do using /adhd .

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