We've rolled out in-app notifications in Docturist. First of all they work within agencies: if someone adds, changes or deletes a booking, a payment, a deadline, or changes a status, the other agents (who have access) get a notification. But solo agents will find them useful too — if they use the bank or document-signing integrations.
Notifications land on the bell icon, accompanied by an animation, a semi-transparent popup for 5 seconds, and a gentle unobtrusive "boop" from the speaker. The popup and the "boop" can be turned off if you like.
Generative neural networks and coding agents do let you juggle much bigger chunks of meaning when developing software. The first implementation proposed was an even more massive shotgun surgery than the previous feature — dozens of changes of 3–4 identical lines each, implementation details leaking into controllers. 60+ changed files (tests included). I suggested a more elegant solution to Claude, with practically no repetition, DI and event-driven, all just like in the finest houses of Rio de Janeiro. The result came out prettier, clean as Robert Martin's tear — but at 100+ changed files.
It works well; now I should hook push notifications up to it. And find some time to write it up as a few small case studies.