Multiple agents bring back context-switching fatigue for developers
elmahdim · reddit · 2026-08-24
A developer with 16 years of experience reports that while AI agents have made coding easier, managing multiple parallel Claude instances has reintroduced "context-switching fatigue." The author tried various tools like tmux replacements, Kanban boards, and Herdr, but concludes the issue isn't UI—it's the lack of methodologies to manage human attention across N parallel AI workstreams.
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