mamba

Posted on Dec 12

So I had a lazy week. Sue me.

#ai #productivity #opensource #typescript

Okay, confession time.

This week? I was LAZY. Like, properly lazy. The kind of lazy where you look at your todo list and think "yeah, maybe tomorrow."

I had PLANS. Big plans. I was gonna ship five features. Maybe six. I was gonna revolutionize Context Sync. I was gonna change the world.

You know what I actually did?

Two things.

Two.

I integrated with Notion. And I integrated with Codex.

That's it. That's the week.

And you know what? I felt GUILTY about it. Like I should apologize. Like I wasted the week.

But then I actually USED what I built...

Here's the thing about the Notion integration

I was in Notion. Looking at a feature spec. Beautiful spec. My designer outdid herself.

And normally - NORMALLY - this is where I start the copy-paste Olympics. Click here. No, that selected one emoji. Click there. Okay now I got a paragraph but the code block is gone.

You know the dance.

But this time? This time I just told Claude:

"Read the payment flow spec from Notion and implement it"

Claude read it. FROM NOTION. Directly. No copy-paste. No token dump. No me clicking randomly until something highlights.

It just... worked.

And I sat there thinking: "Wait. Did I just... not have to copy anything?"

That's when it hit me. This "lazy" integration? This thing I felt guilty about only shipping TWO features?

It saved me from doing the most annoying thing in my workflow like 47 times a day.

Then there's the Codex thing

Okay so Codex integration. Another "lazy" feature.

But here's what it actually means:

You're coding in Cursor. You make some architectural decisions. Good ones. Smart ones. Future-you is gonna be SO grateful.

Then you switch to VS Code because... I don't know, you needed Copilot for something. Or you just like switching things up. We all do it.

And Copilot already knows what you decided in Cursor.

Not because you explained it.
Not because you copy-pasted context.
Not because you burned tokens re-explaining your architecture.

Because Codex is now connected to Context Sync. And Context Sync remembers EVERYTHING.

Your AI tools are talking to each other. Like a group chat. But for AI. And they're talking about YOUR code.

It's creepy. And beautiful. And I built it on a lazy week.

The lazy week math

So let me get this straight:

What I thought I'd do: 5-6 major features, completely rebuild the architecture, revolutionize AI tooling forever

What I actually did: 2 integrations because I was lazy

What those 2 integrations actually do:

Eliminated the most annoying copy-paste workflow in existence ✓
Made all my AI tools share context automatically ✓
Saved me from token-burning context dumps ✓
Let my Notion docs actually WORK with my AI tools ✓
Connected Codex so VS Code Copilot isn't living in isolation ✓

Wait.

Wait wait wait.

Did my lazy week actually ship more VALUE than my ambitious weeks?

The thing about ambitious weeks

You know what happens on ambitious weeks?

You ship seven features. Six of them are "nice to have." One of them is actually useful.

You feel productive. You feel like you're moving fast. You're checking boxes.

But are you solving REAL problems?

Because this lazy week? I solved two REAL problems:

The Notion copy-paste nightmare that every developer complains about
The AI tool isolation that makes you re-explain everything constantly

I didn't ship seven features. I shipped two features that actually MATTER.

Maybe lazy weeks are just... focused weeks in disguise?

What I learned

Sometimes the best thing you can do is be lazy enough to only work on things that ACTUALLY annoy you.

If I'd had my ambitious week, I would've:

Redesigned the database schema (unnecessary)
Added 14 new MCP tools (nobody asked for)
Rebuilt the CLI interface (working fine as is)
Probably broken something (definitely)

Instead, I was lazy. And being lazy meant:

I only fixed things that were ACTIVELY driving me insane
I didn't waste time on "nice to haves"
I shipped stuff people will actually use
I didn't break anything (probably)

Lazy weeks ship better features. Change my mind.

The integrations

Notion Integration:

Read specs directly from Notion
Write docs directly to Notion
No copy-paste required
No token waste
Your team sees updates in real-time

Codex Integration:

VS Code + Copilot now connected to Context Sync
Share context between Cursor, Claude, and Copilot
No more re-explaining your project
All your AI tools remember everything
Switch tools whenever you want

Try them:

npm install -g @context-sync/server
context-sync-setup

Takes 2 minutes. Then your AI tools actually work together.

Real talk

I started this week feeling guilty about being lazy.

I'm ending it realizing I shipped two of the most useful features yet.

The Notion integration? Solves a problem I have 20 times a day.

The Codex integration? Makes my entire AI workflow actually WORK.

Maybe ambition is overrated. Maybe lazy is underrated.

Or maybe I'm just justifying my lazy week. Who knows.

Either way, the features shipped. They work. People are using them.

And I didn't burn out trying to ship six "nice to have" features that nobody needed.

Context Sync - Now with Notion and Codex. Because even lazy weeks can be productive. 🚀

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P.S. - Next week I'm planning to be lazy again. Maybe I'll ship something even better.

P.P.S. - If you're having a lazy week too, don't feel bad. Just make sure you're being lazy about the RIGHT things.

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