Compressing a long, noisy context into a Markdown document and starting a fresh session pointed at that compressed context improves outcomes on complex projects.

Dex's 'intentional compaction' workflow chains sessions: one reads code and emits a research doc, the next turns tickets into a design doc, and a final one turns both into a plan, with humans reviewing the design step. ✦ AI generated

Dex Horthy · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2026-07-15 · original ↗

He will take a long and noisy context, compress it into a Markdown document, then start a new session fresh, pointing the model to this “compressed context” that is in the Markdown.

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