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Over 50% of Claude Code's context window gets consumed by system overhead before developers write any code. A cottage industry has emerged selling token optimization hacks, tutorials, and toolkits to reduce AI coding costs. The gap between "context engineering" as a discipline and CLAUDE.md tweaking tips reveals where AI development tools actually stand today.

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Claude Code Token Optimization Has Become Its Own Industry

Over 50% of Claude Code's context window is consumed before you type a word. The optimization industry that's emerged to fix this tells you everything about where AI coding tools actually stand.

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