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How I Built a Real App with AI in 10 Days — And What Nobody Tells You

I Built MAKAN Translate with AI. The Hardest Part Wasn't Writing Code. Subtitle: Four development approaches, dozens of model experiments, one abandoned game translator, and the engineering lessons…

  • MAKAN Translate started as a simple interface for translating Udemy subtitles
  • Experiments with AI tools like ChatGPT/Codex and Claude Code proved unreliable
  • Project involved research, review, coding, and manual verification across tools

Why AI Context Packs Must Adapt Dynamically to Target Model Economics

Different LLMs have wildly different context windows and cost economics. Providing a generic 20k-token context pack is wasteful for smaller models and insufficient for massive 200k+ models.

  • Different LLMs have varying context window sizes and costs
  • TokenCap implements model-aware budgeting in generate.js
  • Context packs tailored to each model's specific needs

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