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Claude Opus context window burns limits too fast

April 3, 2026Sully

Sully suspects very large context defaults in Claude Code push users to hit limits faster, arguing most people do not manage context and that smaller windows can be more practical for sustained work.

starting to think opus 1m context was enabled by default so people hit their limits faster on claude code
most people don't know to manage context so you get ppl hitting their limits *extremely* quckly
1m isn't really useful anyways, just burns limit 5x faster (200k is better)
Sully
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