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The invisible cost of context acquisition in engineering teams

5 posts

blogcto
06-Feb-2026

The Understanding Tax: Why Your Developers Spend 90 Minutes Per Ticket Before Writing Code

Engineering teams lose 20-35% of developer time to context acquisition. This invisible tax is baked into every estimate and accepted as normal. It shouldn't be.

Vaibhav Verma
blogcto
03-Feb-2026

The Hidden Cost of Context Switching for Developers

Each context switch costs a developer 23 minutes to regain focus. In a typical day, that adds up to 2-3 hours of lost deep work.

Tariro Mukandi
blogcto
01-Feb-2026

The Pre-Code Intelligence Category: What It Is and Why It Matters

Every tool helps you write code faster. Nothing helps you understand what to write. Pre-code intelligence is the missing category.

Vaibhav Verma
blogcto
30-Jan-2026

Why Engineering Velocity Metrics Are Misleading

Story points, lines of code, and PR count don't measure what matters. Here's what to track instead.

Vivian M. Otieno
case_studyexecutive
29-Jan-2026

The Real Cost of Not Understanding Your Codebase

Regressions, slow onboarding, missed estimates, and knowledge loss. Quantifying what poor codebase understanding actually costs.

Vivian M. Otieno