Dumping your whole codebase into an AI assistant doesn’t make it smarter — it makes it worse. Here’s how to build a real context budget that cuts token waste and gets code you can actually trust.
Month: July 2026
A migration that runs instantly on your local database can lock a production table for hours. The fix is splitting schema changes from data changes into small, safe steps.
No API costs, no data leaving your machine — but the capability gap is real. Here’s how to actually decide, task by task, instead of treating it as an ideological choice.