Shield your engineers from "quick questions" about the codebase.
Every interruption costs 15-30 minutes of recovery time. Give your team self-serve answers to codebase questions so engineers can stay focused on building.
- PMs, execs, and new hires get answers without interrupting
- Engineers stay in flow state longer
- Questions still get answered (just not by humans)
It takes an average of 23 minutes to recover focus after an interruption. A single "quick question" is never actually quick.
app/models/notification_preference.rb→ User has_one notification_preference
Settings stored: email_enabled, push_enabled, digest_frequency, quiet_hours_start, quiet_hours_end
Updated via
app/controllers/preferences_controller.rb:34Death by a thousand quick questions.
From Product
5-10/week"Where is the checkout flow?" "How do we handle refunds?" "What data do we store about users?" Legitimate questions that take engineers out of flow.
From New Hires
10-20/week"How do I add a new API endpoint?" "Where is the user model?" "What's our testing pattern?" Every onboarding question is an interruption.
From Leadership
2-5/week"What's our test coverage?" "How scalable is this?" "Where is the billing code?" Strategic questions that only senior engineers can answer.
Everyone gets what they need.
No more context-switching to answer codebase questions. Protect the deep work that actually ships features.
No waiting for an engineer to be free. No scheduling a meeting. Instant answers, 24/7.
Senior engineer leaves? Their knowledge about the codebase stays accessible to everyone through Critical Context.
Give your team a way to get answers without interrupting engineers.
Questions get answered. Engineers stay focused. Everyone wins.