The 4-Characters-Per-Token Rule Under-Counts Real Code by 27%
Counting tokens is the easy part. Every library does it. The hard part is what happens after you are over budget. You have to drop something — and most tools drop silently. They truncate the tail of the prompt, or they keep adding files until they hit the limit and stop. Both leave you with an agen…
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- 2026-11-03 08:26 · DEV Community — AI
The 4-Characters-Per-Token Rule Under-Counts Real Code by 27%