It's 2AM. Your coffee's cold. The code is flowing. ☕️🧑🏼💻
We've all been there, that magical state where problems dissolve into solutions - the state of developer inertia. It's all moving perfectly until you suddenly need to switch to another app - to track, test, compile, or do anything else with your code.
When you're in the flow state, your brain is juggling state machines, architectural patterns, and edge cases.
All of this can be lost if the flow breaks, simply by your brain being forced to adapt to a different application's interface.
Here's how these breaks can cost you:
👉 Every context switch costs around 23 minutes of deep focus
👉 A single interruption can derail complex mental models
👉 Tool switching is the #1 flow state killer
While building devtools, it becomes crucial to ensure that we maintain the developer's flow state, and allow them to access the value of the new tool without actually moving to the tool's interface every time. With integrations, this can be done effectively.
This is why we're building Quash to seamlessly integrate to your VCS platforms- to keep you in your flow. No context switches. No interruptions. You just focus on the code, while Quash keeps the tests running.
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Ha ha, interesting post. I'd like to try out Quash now!!