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Nudge for Engineers

Keep your standup notes, PR queue, and current task visible on screen while you code. No alt-tabbing. No context switching.

The problem with coding and to-do lists

You're deep in a refactor. You remember you need to review a PR. You alt-tab to Notion. Notion loads. You find the page. You check the task. You alt-tab back to your editor. You've lost your mental stack.

Every context switch costs you 10-15 minutes of productive flow. Over a day of coding, that adds up to hours lost. Your brain spends more time reloading context than actually working.

Nudge fixes this by floating your task list on screen. It sits above every window. Your standup notes, your PR queue, your current task. Always visible. No tab switching.

How engineers use Nudge

Standup prep

Keep yesterday's achievements and today's plan in a standup.md file. Nudge shows it above your editor. Walk into standup already rehearsed.

PR review queue

List PRs that need review as checkbox tasks. Toggle them done as you go. The banner reminds you to check the queue between coding sessions.

Bug bash tracker

Drop bug reports into a .md file. Nudge shows the current one on screen. Mark them done as you fix them. No spreadsheet, no Jira tab.

Deep work anchor

When you start a 2-hour deep work block, write your single objective. Nudge keeps it in your peripheral vision. The auto-hide strip disappears when you don't need it. Hover to check in.

Why Nudge fits an engineer's workflow

It reads a .md file. You probably already have notes in Markdown. Nudge reads the file in-place. No import, no export, no vendor lock-in. Version control your tasks alongside your code.

It's under 15 MB. Built in Rust with Tauri v2. No Electron, no Chromium, no bloat. One process, minimal memory.

Auto-hides when you don't need it. Shrinks to a 6 px strip when your mouse moves away. Hover to bring it back. There when you want it. Invisible when you're in flow.

Global keyboard shortcut. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N advances to the next task globally. Even when Nudge isn't focused. Configurable.

No accounts. No cloud. Your tasks stay on your machine. No server holds your code review notes or bug lists. Privacy by design.

Sample engineer task file

# Today
## Standup
* Merged PR #142 — auth middleware refactor
* Working on rate limiter. ETA EOD.
* Blocked on API spec from backend team.
## Sprint Tasks
[ ] Implement rate limiter for login endpoint
[ ] Add unit tests for auth module
[ ] Review error handling PR #140
[x] Set up CI pipeline — done
## Deployment Notes
1. Merge to staging
2. Run integration test suite
3. Deploy to production behind feature flag
4. Monitor error logs for 15 min
Build log: [CI Pipeline #847](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/847)
PR spec: [Rate limiter spec](https://github.com/org/repo/issues/143)

Stop alt-tabbing to check your list. Keep your tasks on screen.

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