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Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by LiamPowell on Saturday September 05, 2026 @02:50PM (#49579485)
Not just that, some actions spawn an entire Chromium instance. For example, any time you click on a music video (not a new thread, an actual full Chromium instance).
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Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by steveBK123 on Saturday September 05, 2026 @02:57PM (#49579552)
I’m sure more agentic coding loops will improve these inefficiencies
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Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by hotelsacher on Saturday September 05, 2026 @03:05PM (#49579628)
Are you joking? Inefficiencies like that are a typical tell for LLM-generated slop.

And I'm sure their prompt whisperers are proud of their work.

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Re:Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90% by steveBK123 on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:23PM (#49580823)
Yes I was joking
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