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Re:Show HN: Axe A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework by bensyverson on Thursday March 12, 2026 @10:44AM (#47351292)
It's exciting to see so much experimentation when it comes to form factors for agent orchestration!

The first question that comes to mind is: how do you think about cost control? Putting a ton in a giant context window is expensive, but unintentionally fanning out 10 agents with a slightly smaller context window is even more expensive. The answer might be "well, don't do that," and that certainly maps to the UNIX analogy, where you're given powerful and possibly destructive tools, and it's up to you to construct the workflow carefully. But I'm curious how you would approach budget when using Axe.

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Re:Show HN: Axe A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework by jrswab on Thursday March 12, 2026 @11:03AM (#47351651)
> how you would approach budget when using Axe

Great question and it's something that I've not dig into yet. But I see no problem adding a way to limit LLMs by tokens or something similar to keep the cost for the user within reason.

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