Developer Tools

Why your Claude or Cursor session suddenly slows to a crawl, and the simple habits that keep it fast. You’re deep in a Cursor session. First few replies stream back almost instantly. Then, twenty messages in, you hit send and the screen just… stares at you. Ten seconds. Fifteen. A spinner. Nothing changed on your end. Same laptop, same wifi, same model. What happened is you tripped the KV cache, and the AI had to relearn your entire codebase from scratch....

A practical checklist to reduce Claude Code token usage and cost. Part 1 covers what you can do with zero installs. Part 2 covers external tools and repositories. Save 30–70% on costs. Claude Code can dramatically speed up development, but costs grow quickly if context and token usage aren’t managed. Most token waste comes from long conversations, large logs, unnecessary files loaded into context, and Claude re-learning your codebase from scratch every session....