T3 Stack creator Theo Browne asks community for 'tokenmaxxing' and token optimization strategies for Fable 5

@theo think of loops as 'automated context delivery' and unironically do the loops

i.e this PR the recording of it was done through computer use, try to recreate your dev tools in a way the agent can use and build tests + iterate with

start with nothing. don’t download any plugins or skills. no AGENTS.md either. just prompt and observe the failure modes. codify them into skills when they repeat. even better, write lint rules or structure your codebase so certain mistakes are impossible.

every chef has their own set of knives, you should too

or just use pstack heheh

@theo Link in my bio

@ChainZenit I'm over $10,000 in tokens spent in the last 11 days

@theo https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph This helps save tokens.

@theo The definitive guide

@theo Everything digital can be solved given you throw enough tokens at it

@theo Shameless plug but I’ve been running fable 5 24/7 because I’ve been using this tool I built

@theo Have Opus review work with GPT 5.5 and list out things to improve, fix, change by priority and then fix and then repeat until Opus and 5.5 both agree the only things left to fix have diminishing return.

Run on /goal or /autopilot

@theo wait, how long have you been grinding on this one?

@theo Try to do things you think are impossible.

@theo Make Fable the architect. Have it write the plan at medium effort, then let Sonnet or Haiku execute the checklist. Frontier tokens for judgment, cheap tokens for execution.

my personal best piece or advice is to focus on the goal first. it's fine if it takes you several iterations to figure out what the right goal is, but once you do, scrap everything you've done (or at least summarize the research you did along the way), then start fresh with a right goal upfront.

@theo technically not through specifically computer use but through testing via using a computer on some wrappers i have, but i've been liking this setup

I'm torn. I am an engineer so I prefer efficency. But is the argument that you must use frontier as much as possible because it's better at everything? Or do you want to token minimize? Use the absolute most efficient process you can. Only "tokenmaxx" when it's the highest roi. I'm not a computer scientist so I'm actually genuinely curious.

@theo You want to use Fable mostly as a planner/ideator, orchestrator and adversarial reviewer. Not a pair-programmer. More like a technical lead you’re working with to who has people in charge to delegate stuff to, and review their work. People here being Opus and Sonnet.

@theo more stuff on this:

@jyothiwrites @theo I’ve tried this and the cheaper model executes just wrongly and the architect has to correct everything.