18 октября 2026 г.
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The Context Window Became the Feature, Not the Footnote
Long memory is why I reach for some models over others now. It changes the work.
A year ago context length was a spec. Now it's the reason I pick a model.
Gemini's long window and Claude's document handling mean I stop pasting the same context twice.
For research and long projects, truncation was the silent killer. Less of it changes everything.
I'd trade a little cleverness for a lot more memory most weeks.
The model that remembers the whole doc is the one I trust with the whole doc.