We built an internal tool to reduce context switching — looking for honest feedback
We built an internal tool to solve a problem we kept running into as a team — too many tools, too much context switching, and work getting fragmented.
It started as a simple internal fix, not a product.
Now it’s at a stage where we’d like a few thoughtful teams to try it and tell us what actually works and what doesn’t.
We’re not selling anything and not launching publicly yet — just looking for honest feedback from people who deal with this kind of chaos daily.
If that sounds relevant to you, happy to connect privately.
www.omnex.tech
[email protected]
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This resonates — context switching is one of those silent productivity taxes that adds up fast, especially if you’re juggling terminals, editors, docs, chats, and issue boards.
One thing I’ve noticed in real dev workflows is that “getting re-oriented” isn’t just about having information — it’s about having state transitions captured (what I was doing, why, and what comes next). Tools that make that explicit often help more than ones that just surface a list of open tasks.
Curious — when real developers on your team re-enter a context, what specific behavior signal are you watching as the strongest indicator that they’re actually back in flow (e.g., returning to a file they were editing, finishing a task without external reminders, or something else)? Understanding that helps distinguish useful re-entry from noise.
This resonates a lot, and you’re spot-on about “state transitions” being the real problem, not just missing information.
Right now, the strongest signal we’re watching is unprompted forward motion after re-entry. Concretely: when someone opens OMNEX after an interruption, do they move directly into a next action (edit, decision, handoff) without scanning Slack threads, reopening multiple tools, or asking “what was I doing again?”
In early usage, the clearest pull has been picking up work mid-stream rather than joining decisions late. Teams seem to benefit most when the “why + what’s next” is captured at the moment work pauses, so re-entry becomes execution instead of reconstruction.
We’re intentionally biasing toward forward anchoring early — making OMNEX an active guide for “what happens next,” not a passive archive of past context. Backward context still exists, but only insofar as it supports momentum.
Still very early, so we’re validating this by watching behavior patterns (time to first purposeful action, reduced cross-tool lookups) rather than raw usage. Appreciate you pushing on this — it’s helping us sharpen where the real wedge is.
Context switching is a real productivity killer — I've seen teams lose hours daily just finding the right information across Slack, Notion, and email.
A few questions to give better feedback:
What's the main integration pain point you're solving first? (e.g., unifying notifications, search across tools, or reducing tab overload?)
How are you measuring "reduced context switching" internally? Would love to know what metrics moved for your team.
Who's your ideal early adopter — engineering teams, ops, or cross-functional squads?
Happy to take a closer look if you share more details.
This is really helpful — thank you for taking the time to break it down like this.
1. What we’re solving first:
The first pain we’re focusing on isn’t “everything at once,” but reconstructing context. Practically, that means bringing together the things that usually live in different places while you’re working — active conversations, related tasks, relevant docs, and upcoming meetings — so you don’t have to hunt across Slack, email, and docs just to regain momentum. Search and notifications matter, but we’re starting with keeping the active work state intact.
2. How we’re measuring it (early):
Right now it’s mostly qualitative rather than hard metrics. We’re looking at signals like: fewer “where was that?” moments, less back-and-forth between tools mid-task, and how often people can complete a task without leaving the workspace. We’re intentionally not locking in quantitative KPIs yet — this early phase is about validating whether the experience actually changes before formalizing metrics.
3. Ideal early adopters:
Cross-functional teams and individuals who live in multiple tools daily — founders, ops, product, and ICs who coordinate work across email, chat, docs, and projects. Engineering-heavy teams are interesting too, but we’re starting where context fragmentation is felt most acutely day-to-day.
If you’re open to taking a closer look, go to OMNEX website https://omnex.tech , please fill the early access form (no credit card) , and you will receive the app link via email , for any questions feel free to mail as at [email protected]