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Write a handover instead of compressing
Many AI tools nowadays have a button that shortens your long conversation. You click it, the chat is summarised, and you can continue. It feels efficient. In my workshops, I still advise against it for anything that matters. There is a better way, and it only costs you one extra step.
What compressing does to your conversation
Compressing, or compacting as some tools call it, summarises your conversation and throws the rest away. The first time, you notice little difference. But with a long task, it happens again, and again. After a few rounds, you are working with a summary of a summary of a summary.
With each round, a layer of detail disappears. An agreement about the tone. An exception you once explained. A decision and especially the reason why you made it. Eventually, your AI works with a version of your project that is so thin it barely resembles where you started. And you only notice it when the result deviates.
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