Context Window And MemoryContext Issue

Bigger context windows making AI worse, retrieval still matters

April 5, 2026Hamel Husain

Hamel Husain argues that larger context windows can degrade results and that retrieval remains necessary, reinforcing a community norm of using RAG-like strategies instead of relying on long context alone.

Why Bigger Context Windows Make AI Worse
This is why retrieval still matters
no matter how big the context window gets
Why Bigger Context Windows Make AI Worse.
This is why retrieval still matters, no matter how big the context window gets.
Hamel Husain
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