top | item 46628832 (no title) DrSiemer | 1 month ago That sounds cumbersome and even more wasteful than my own method of simply dumping a fixed selection of project code in Gemini for each set of requests. Is there any benefit to pruning? discuss order hn newest energy123|1 month ago > Is there any benefit to pruning?1- Better quality output due to pruning noise, while reducing the chances of missing key context.2- Saving time/effort by not using my brain to decide which files to include.3- ChatGPT 5.2 Pro only allows 60k tokens, so I have no choice sometimes.It comes with costs as you identified. It's a trade-off that I am willing to pay.
energy123|1 month ago > Is there any benefit to pruning?1- Better quality output due to pruning noise, while reducing the chances of missing key context.2- Saving time/effort by not using my brain to decide which files to include.3- ChatGPT 5.2 Pro only allows 60k tokens, so I have no choice sometimes.It comes with costs as you identified. It's a trade-off that I am willing to pay.
energy123|1 month ago
1- Better quality output due to pruning noise, while reducing the chances of missing key context.
2- Saving time/effort by not using my brain to decide which files to include.
3- ChatGPT 5.2 Pro only allows 60k tokens, so I have no choice sometimes.
It comes with costs as you identified. It's a trade-off that I am willing to pay.