I replaced dashboard-tab checking with a menu bar glance for AI coding workflows

When I am deep in a coding session, context switching is expensive. I kept bouncing between provider dashboards and terminal checks just to answer basic operational questions: Are my local services still running? How close am I to quota limits? That loop sounds small, but repeated enough times it kills flow. The problem I wanted to remove Most tooling gives you information, but not at the point where you need it. For me, the point of need is the menu bar, not another browser tab. Terminal checks