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Developer Tool Sprawl Breaks Context Continuity Across Services

Developers managing multiple self-hosted tools face constant context loss as each service operates independently with no shared state. Attempts to add an orchestration layer risk creating yet another interface to manage, making the cure as burdensome as the disease.

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