Rate Limit Rick

claude code getting slower and pricier the longer you ask it stuff? every quick "wait what does this file do" stays in the conversation for the rest of the session, and token costs scale with context size ask it on the side instead. /btw answers about the current session without adding to the conversation what eats your context first, side questions or giant file reads?

Ai dev is just one big game of leapfrog

Tim Ciao

copilot fusion scores 2 points under claude code + opus 5.5 on the artificial analysis coding agent index $5.59 a task vs $11.42 so those last 2 points cost more than every point before them

I don’t know how or why but @PalmerLuckey and @theo are gunna end up working together someday

claude code's /compact isn't free it reads the whole conversation to summarize it, so compacting a huge context is a big request on its own if you don't need the history, /clear costs nothing

claude code doesn't need your api rules loaded while it's editing css put them in .claude/rules/ with a paths list at the top and they only load when it touches matching files less in context, same rules where they matter

5 codex cli keys that change how you work with it tab while it's working queues your next prompt enter while it's working steers the current turn esc twice on an empty box edits your last message and forks from there ! at the start runs a shell command ctrl+r searches your old prompts

claude code skills can run a shell command before claude even reads them put !`git diff HEAD` on its own line in SKILL.md and claude gets your real diff, not a guess from whatever files are open one tiny skill and you never paste a diff into chat again

9 claude code slash commands that ship built in and almost nobody types which one did you not know