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j45today at 1:16 AM4 repliesview on HN

Efficient token use will be the new code/vim golf.

Whether it's human token use, or future OpenClaws


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KellyCriteriontoday at 8:04 AM

Like "Token Usage Consulting" companies popping up now? :-D

xtractotoday at 1:37 AM

I've mention before that we should have a look at Telegraph/telegram speak. There was a HUGE industry in word efficiency at that time. There are hundreds of books.

I even think an LLM trained to communicate using telegram style might even be faster and way cheaper.

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reilly3000today at 1:20 AM

It’s the new cloud cost vector, where cutting 2K from context on a busy service saves $xxxxx.

Terse.

xvectortoday at 2:03 AM

No org doing real work cares about token use costs.

This mainly just affects hobbyists.

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