*ding*
You hear a notification sound from a Claude Code workflow finishing. Which terminal tab was it?
Hop around terminal windows and tabs for a bit, finally find it. It was Project B. Okay, now which browser was that in...
Oh, it got assigned localhost:3001, now my auth redirects are broken. Which terminal tab is using :3000 right now?
Okay, it was Project A, just killed it. Where's the tab for Project B's dev server?
*ding*
Another workflow has finished. It briefly grabs your attention - just long enough to lose track of what you were doing.
I want to make something clear before we go further: This is not your fault
I want to make something clear before we go further: This is not your fault
## Our tools were not built for how we work today.
Back in my day (read: 2 months ago), we worked on one thing at a time. Our work was split between 3 apps, the terminal, IDE and browser. Let's say we were working on Project A. It looked something like this:
Our work is split across multiple. Not great! But totally workable, because of our mental model:
The split didn't matter because it was all grouped together in your head. Project A was split between apps, but we think of it differently. We used all of these apps WITHIN Project A.
But I'm not just working on Project A anymore.
## The Problem™
Oh...oh no...
When you have more than one project going, the mental model collapses.
Our projects are split BETWEEN apps, windows and tabs. There's no natural grouping! If I see some work finish in Claude Code for Project A, I have to go hunt for the right Chrome window/tab to see the results. If I want to check the code, I have to hop between multiple IDE windows trying to find it. When it's time to file a PR, good luck finding the right github tab!
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