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Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by lxgr on Saturday September 05, 2026 @11:38AM (#49577587)
Unlike an actual Bloom filter (which does not return false negatives), the cheaper model is still trusted to correctly recognize synonyms, equivalent functional constructions etc.

One is strictly a performance optimization, the other is a speed/quality tradeoff. It might well be a very good one, but it’s a tradeoff nevertheless. The framing is misleading.

Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by astrange on Saturday September 05, 2026 @02:37PM (#49579363)
That's a Claude.
Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by lxgr on Sunday September 06, 2026 @10:20AM (#49586779)
What is?
Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by astrange on Monday September 07, 2026 @11:50AM (#49599717)
The cyborg you replied to.