How I Fight AI Brain Fry(sergeykuhne.com)
303 points by kyunez 3 days ago | 212 comments
tl;dr: To avoid context-switching burnout from juggling many parallel AI coding sessions, the author built a git-backed priority queue where each ticket is a markdown file and an agent handles research, builds, and tests autonomously. Decisions requiring human judgment are funneled into a single "owner inbox" rendered as a Claude artifact, letting the author review one item at a time and close it back to the queue. The key benefit: context closes with the ticket, so nothing lingers in working memory between tasks.
HN Discussion:
  • ↓Limit yourself to 1-2 parallel tasks and accept downtime rather than optimizing throughput
  • ↓Context switching between parallel AI sessions is fundamentally unhealthy and unproductive for humans
  • ~Code review bottleneck isn't solved by this approach — multiple large CLs dilute understanding
  • ↑Similar markdown/queue-based workflows work well for managing AI agents
  • ~The approach is imperfect and burnout still occurs even with structured ticket systems