Distractions, frequent context switching, etc can definitely reduce your productivity. Having three monitors can definitely work enable / exacerbate this, but

Distractions, frequent context switching, etc can definitely reduce your productivity. Having three monitors can definitely work enable / exacerbate this, but it doesn't have to. I use three monitors like this. One for a web browser with API docs and testing my web app, one for code, one for build output. If you use an IDE that combines code and build output into one window, then I would say use the remaining two for API docs and your web app.