Guides
What we learned measuring 6.3 billion tokens
Most advice about Claude Code usage is written from intuition. These are written from four months of transcript data, and several of the conclusions contradict what everyone repeats.
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Claude Code limit extension: what actually works
You cannot raise the limit itself. There are four real options for hitting it less often, and they differ in cost by a factor of forty.
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How to reduce Claude Code token usage
Eight tactics you will find recommended everywhere, ranked by what they actually save. Seven of them are rounding errors.
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Claude Code autocompact: what to set the window to
The compaction window is the single biggest lever on how far your plan goes, and the default leaves it switched effectively off.
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