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title: "Is Compaction The Issue"
description: "I saw today in work chat something along the lines of \"we need bigger context windows\" \"compaction times are holding us back\". Maybe I'm just blessed with..."
date: 2026-03-26
published: true
tags:
  - ping
template: ping
---


I saw today in work chat something along the lines of "we need bigger context
windows" "compaction times are holding us back".  Maybe I'm just blessed with
the lack of lord jira, maybe juggle too many projects at once and they are all
pretty much done when I get back.  Maybe I do more long running specs and spend
time making good plans that it does not matter.  

Anyways the point I'm getting to is that if you think that compaction is your
main issue slowing you down, and 10x this if you are a manager thinking this is
what is slowing down your team you **need** to look at your workflow.  Not
because it sucks.  Not only because it could be better.  Because you are
signing yourself and your team up for burnout if you are sitting there watching
these things run like waiting for paint to dry and firing more prompts at them
as soon as they are done.  It feels easy.  It feels like you are going fast.
Its eating more brainpower than you think, and its not getting you to your
destination any faster.