Context Switching Minimization Through Task Batching

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Hey HN. I built this because my Anthropic API bills were getting out of hand (spoiler: they remain high even with this, batch is not a magic bullet).I use Claude Code daily for software design and infra work (terraform, code reviews, docs). Many Terminal tabs, many questions. I realised some questio

Unique: Implements a lightweight local task queue with automatic batching thresholds and deduplication, designed specifically for code tasks with metadata preservation (priority, context window size, model variant) rather than generic job queuing

vs others: Simpler than deploying a full message queue (Redis, RabbitMQ) for small-to-medium batch workloads, while still providing persistence and deduplication that naive sequential submission lacks

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Unique: Automatically reorders the task queue to minimize context-switching as a primary objective, rather than treating context as a secondary consideration. This is a deliberate design choice to optimize for flow state and cognitive efficiency, not just deadline or impact.

vs others: More proactive than Todoist or Asana, which show tasks in priority order but don't actively minimize context-switching. Closer to Notion's database grouping, but applied dynamically to a prioritized queue.

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