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7/5/2026

The original title is "I stopped fighting AI context windows and changed the architecture instead."
Original: I stopped fighting AI context windows and changed the architecture instead.
Short summary
The author redesigned AI-assisted development by splitting projects into isolated task-oriented AI sessions instead of one long conversation, eliminating context window degradation and token bloat. Each task includes verification (code changes, builds, tests pass) and checkpointing enables safe resume-on-failure. This architectural pattern is open-sourced and reduces cost while improving reliability.
- •Split projects into isolated AI sessions per task instead of continuous conversations to eliminate context window degradation
- •Each task includes verification: code changed, project builds, tests pass; failures trigger automatic retry
- •Checkpointing system enables safe resume-on-failure without restarting entire project
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