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The Best Window Switching Strategy for Multi-Service Devs
Alex Morgan
Productivity expert and software developer. Alex has been optimizing workflows for over a decade.
7 min read
Modern devs often have 3–5 services open in separate windows:
auth-ui
in VSCodepayments
in Terminaladmin-panel
in Chromeshared-utils
in another editor window
Switching between these visually = chaos.
Assignee’s Strategy
Assignee detects separate windows of the same app (like VSCode). Use:
- Ctrl + Tab, V, 1 →
auth-ui
- Ctrl + Tab, V, 2 →
shared-utils
- Ctrl + Tab, T → Terminal for
payments
- Ctrl + Tab, C → browser preview
Assignee auto-assigns window slots. You can reorder anytime.
Final Thought
Your microservices are modular. Your workflow should be too. Assignee gives you frictionless window-level control without config.