Developer shares 5 checks to reduce Claude Code token waste and failed retries
A developer who runs Claude Code daily on real projects identified two major sources of token waste: unnecessary context loading and failed attempts retried under new names. They share five practical checks—like auditing default file loads and writing a context map before starting—that caught most of the waste.
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