Claude Code Limits? Downgrade and Compact Now
Claude Code's power comes at a price: brutal usage limits that kill your flow. Here's the cynical dev trick to stretch it out—downgrade smartly and compress like hell.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Switch to claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 and /compact 200k to dodge usage walls.
- Segment tasks, explicit /read, guide summaries—prompt for compression.
- Anthropic profits from your bloat; this hack flips the economics.
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