Vibe Coding
Pattern: Community Builds 22K-Line C Tool to Fix Claude Code's Whole-File Token Drain
A developer pair-programmed 22K lines of C with Claude Opus specifically to solve Claude Code's habit of reading entire large files to access single functions — a behavior that burned 84K tokens per lookup in an 8,000-line codebase. The solution adds symbol-level indexing so Claude can fetch only the specific function or struct needed. This is a documented verification pattern: identify a repeating agent inefficiency, quantify the token cost, build a targeted fix, and deploy as a persistent project tool.
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