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Jake's folder system handles context tokens very well, but there is another thing you can do to reduce your token usage even further and it's super simple. Every time Claude runs git status, tsc, or npm run build, the full output lands in context. A TypeScript check on a real project returns 800-2000 tokens of compiler noise. The folder system controls what Claude loads at the start of a session. It cannot filter what your tools spit back mid-session. RTK (Rust Token Killer) fixes that. It is a CLI proxy that intercepts command output and trims it to what Claude actually needs. https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk Install it once (better yet, give claude the git repo link and ask it to install it for you), then add this to your CLAUDE.md: Tool results: always use rtk prefix - rtk git, rtk npm, rtk tsc Read: use limit+offset, never load full files over 200 lines Grep before Read, search first, read only the matched section The two systems stack nicely: folder system cuts context tokens, RTK cuts tool result tokens, and every subagent spawn inherits both savings. Sessions that used to run 40k tokens often drop to 12-18k. If you are already on Jake's system, you are halfway there. RTK adds the other half. Worth 10 minutes. I set this up and actually did very little work after that, already saved nearly 100K tokens :)

Not long ago I had absolutely no background in programming. I started learning out of pure curiosity after discovering AI and realizing how powerful these systems were becoming. At first everything felt overwhelming syntax, debugging, concepts I had never seen before but I kept showing up every day and building small projects. Fast forward a few months later, after countless hours of learning and experimenting, I managed to land my first role as a Junior AI Engineer. The journey wasn’t easy, but it proved to me that with consistency and the right resources, changing careers into tech is actually possible. I'm curious, has anyone else here made a similar transition?

Tell us three things: 1. What you do (job, industry, student, career-changer, whatever) 2. What brought you to Clief Notes 3. One thing you're trying to figure out right now related to computing or AI I'll respond to every single one. And read each other's intros too because the person who's stuck on the same problem as you might already be in this thread. I'll go first I am Jake, I have been working in tech for 15 Years, building with Generative AI for 3 Years straight now! Excited to teach and learn! That's it. Simple, scannable, gives you data on who's joining and what they need, and keeps the feed clear for content that retains people past week one.

You may have noticed that my comments and DMS have slowed down a lot. Don't worry, I'm going to be getting back to all of you, but this is what we've been building and it will be launching this weekend. So please stay tuned