LLM context window

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·5d ago

Context Window Management: Tactics That Survive Real Sessions

Large language models often have a significantly smaller practical context window than their advertised nominal limit due to overhead and attention degradation. This discrepancy affects prompt design and leads to quality drops and truncation long before the hard token limit is reached.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/14/2026

Long-Term Memory for AI Agents: Vector Databases and...

This article discusses the critical need for long-term memory in AI agents due to the limitations of context windows in LLMs like Claude and GPT-4o. Without it, agents cannot recall past interactions, acting like someone with amnesia regarding previous client communications or research.

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