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AI Engineering26 Aug 2026

Why Your Coding Agent Chokes on Big Repos (And How AST Compression Fixes It)

Raw file dumps blow up token costs and wreck reasoning in agentic coding tools. Here's how AST signature stripping and dependency-aware context loading cut repo context by 90% or more.

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AI Engineering17 Aug 2026

Your AI Coding Agent Doesn't Need All 30 Skills Loaded at Once

Two-tier progressive discovery keeps coding agents like Claude Code fast by loading skill instructions only when a task actually needs them.

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AI Engineering13 Aug 2026

Your AI Assistant Isn't Getting Dumber Mid-Session — It's Running Out of Context

Why long AI coding sessions quietly degrade, and four concrete practices — repo rule files, short sessions, symbol ingestion, ADRs — that fix it.

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