GraphedMinds
The Startup Ideas Podcast

The Startup Ideas Podcast

The best businesses are built at the intersection of emerging technology, community, and real human needs.

Back to Quotes
For each new task to get the best quality out of working with the model, start new chats for each thing
productivitycontext_managementbest_practices

What It Means

AI model performance is optimized when conversations are task-specific rather than continuous, preventing context dilution

Why It Matters

Fundamental workflow principle that significantly impacts code quality and development efficiency when using AI agents

When It's True

When working with current generation AI models that have attention and context window limitations

When It's Risky

When tasks are highly interdependent and losing conversation history creates more problems than context dilution

How to Apply

1

Create separate conversation for each feature or bug fix

2

Monitor context window usage and reset before 80% capacity

3

Explicitly tag relevant files for new conversation context

4

Treat each conversation like briefing a fresh consultant

Example Scenario

Developer needs to add user authentication, fix CSS layout, and update API documentation. Instead of one long conversation covering all three, they create three focused chats, each with relevant context files, resulting in higher quality outputs for each task.

Related Knowledge