Using https://wwebjs.dev/ to read my whatsapp messages,
redis for storage/interop,
and a script written for https://github.com/matryer/xbar for a "GUI",
instead of running WhatsApp Desktop / WhatsApp Web on my machine (very bad for my attention), I have a status bar icon saying when did I last get a message from my wife, and the text of the last few messages.
Yes. Arriving ~8:30, leaving ~15:30, working nights/weekends to make ends meet. As far as I'm the one putting my kids into their schools and taking them out at the end of the day, I am happy. I wanted to do this since I was a kid and my dad would leave to work at 06:00 and return home 18:00. Yay, psychology!