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Stop explaining yourself to Claudetranslating…
Factuality: 64/100USAForem (DEV Community)
You're wasting tokens. Not a little -a lot.
Here's a prompt I see constantly:
"I have a React app and I'm using the useState hook. My component re-renders every time the parent renders even though the props haven't changed. Why is this happening?"
Claude doesn't need any of that setup. It already knows React. It already knows what useState is. The only thing it needed was:
"Component re-renders on parent render. Props unchanged. Why."
Same answer. 64% fewer tokens.
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