Mar 16
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I've used Claude Code for over 2,000 hours now. And if there's one thing I've learned, it's that about 80% of the time your coding agent messes up, it's not the model - it's how you're managing context. That problem is called context rot, and it gets worse the bigger your codebase gets! So I bundled up all of my battle-tested strategies into what I call the WISC framework - Write, Isolate, Select, Compress. Four strategies that keep your context window lean while still giving the agent everything it needs. I walk through each one with live demos on a real, complicated codebase so you can see exactly how they work in practice. These strategies work on any codebase, even massive ones, and they apply to any AI coding assistant. If you already know the basics and you're ready to actually get reliable results from AI coding, this is it my friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Want a complete AI transformation? Come to the free AI Transformation Workshop I'm hosting with Lior Weinstein on April 2nd: https://dynamous.ai/ai-transformation-workshop - If you want to dive even deeper into building reliable and repeatable systems for AI coding, check out the Dynamous Community and Agentic Coding Course: https://dynamous.ai/agentic-coding-course ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GitHub repo with all the commands/resources I share in this video: https://github.com/coleam00/context-engineering-intro/tree/main/use-cases/ai-coding-wisc-framework - Context Rot Research (Chroma): https://research.trychroma.com/context-rot - Anthropic Context Engineering Guide: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/effective-context-engineering-for-ai-agents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0:00 Intro 2:04 Why Context Management Matters 5:26 W: Git Log as Long-Term Memory 8:45 W: Separate Planning & Implementation Sessions 10:02 W: Progress Files & Decision Logs 11:42 I: Subagents for Research 14:04 I: The Scout Pattern 15:33 S: Layered Context Selection 19:28 C: Compression Strategies 21:31 Conclusion 22:09 Free Workshop Announcement! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join me as I push the limits of what is possible with AI. I'll be uploading videos weekly - at least every Wednesday at 7:00 PM CDT!