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AI agents face same 'orientation tax' as distracted devs
Developers juggling multiple projects pay an 'orientation tax'—time lost re-contextualizing work. AI coding agents suffer the same problem, asking repeated questions each session. The fix isn't discipline but better context capture, like a shared project log.
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The article reframes a productivity issue as a design problem for AI tools, but the proposed solution—a 'parking lot' for context—is hardly new.
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