Bengaluru Techie Viral Post: Imagine this: you’re at work, secretly watching Netflix, and suddenly your boss appears behind you. Panic mode? Not for this Bengaluru techie. Instead of quitting his binge-watching habit, he came up with a genius AI hack to stay entertained without getting caught. Pankaj, a tech enthusiast, shared the story on X. He revealed that after being caught watching Netflix once at the office, he decided to take matters into his own hands, literally.
Sharing the post, he wrote, "My boss caught me watching Netflix in the office. So I built a device that detects him and automatically switches my screen to work." The result? He could binge-watch the entire series of Stranger Things in just one week without raising any suspicion. "Thanks to this, I’ve watched all seasons of Stranger Things in a week," he added, showing that sometimes creativity meets mischief in the most unexpected ways.
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my boss caught me watching netflix in office. so i built a device that detects him and automatically switches my screen to work 👨💻
— Pankaj (@the2ndfloorguy) January 29, 2026
while i'm watching netflix, the ai device monitors people around my desk in real time. If my boss comes, it switches my screen to my code editor.… pic.twitter.com/pgyScR96sx
The mix of automation, computer vision, and workplace humour quickly captured attention online, racking up over a lakh views and making techies everywhere admire his clever, slightly cheeky innovation. The post shared by the handle '@the2ndfloorguy' received more than 120K views in one day.
Netizens were quick to react to the amazing hack in the comment section. One user wrote, "So glad you don't have cubicle systems where your boss doesn't sit around you. My team sit very closely, so there is no chance even with this tool." "Bro, where were you during my college days and internship period?" a second user asked.
"I want to build something similar where if someone calls my name while I am listening to music, it will reduce the volume," wrote a third user. "Imagine if the boss implements it to detect whether the employee is watching Netflix. Uno reverse," added a fourth user.
