🎵 Spotify: Background playback without active browser tab

[jordanpartridge]

Problem

Safari requires tab to be active/focused for Spotify Web Player to continue playback. This negates memory savings vs Electron app.

Solution

Add spotify:background command to THE SHIT that maintains playback in background process

Quick Win

💩 spotify:background start  # Starts hidden Safari/Chrome instance
💩 spotify:background stop   # Kills background process
💩 spotify:background status # Shows if running

Implementation

• Use caffeinate to prevent macOS audio sleep
• Minimized Safari window or headless Chromium
• PID tracking for process management
• < 500MB memory usage (vs 1GB+ for Electron app)