Sometimes the summary makes it obvious what info has fallen out of the context window. So you can just tweak it before starting again.
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It also helps my thinking because I'll be rushing through various problems and fixes so that stuff falls out of my context window. Summarizing it all in a list just brings all that context to the surface so I can think clearly about it.
We're not really that different from the machines. Just different hardware.
It's always obvious from my experience.. It's just funny how bad sometimes it can't recover and you HAVE to start fresh. More memory to throw at it helps, only for so long.