# Context Is Managed, Not Infinite

By Rajdeep Mondal. Published 2026-04-28. 6 min read

Canonical: https://www.rajdeepmondal.com/writing/context-is-managed-not-infinite

Tags: Agents, Claude Code, AI Systems

> For a long time I wanted a bigger window. The wish was wrong. A window is a budget with a hard edge, and Claude Code defends it early. It drops duplicate reads, defers rare tools, and folds the rest into one note.

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