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750 tokens a second does not make review faster
GPT-5.6 Ultrafast is 750 tok/s of author speed. That fills the human review queue harder. Pin the changelog to the bottleneck, then budget the review lane.
Strong OpinionsAI CodingDeveloper ToolsProductivityPerformanceTrend Commentary1 min read · Aug 14, 2026

Fat Instruction Files Hurt Frontier Coding Agents
A fat instruction file costs more and can follow less. Thin rules passed every check. Fat files dropped to 80% and burned 21x the prompt tokens on the same task.
Meta AnalysisAI CodingClaude CodeDeveloper ToolsPerformanceProductivity1 min read · Jul 31, 2026

7 Free Ways to Stop ChatGPT From Eating Your CPU, RAM, and Disk
Fix ChatGPT performance without spending a cent: diagnose high CPU, reduce RAM-heavy threads, stop disk churn, trim Git load, and disable unused MCP servers.
Sharper ToolsAI CodingPerformanceProductivityDeveloper Tools1 min read · Jul 24, 2026