Ask HN: Why don't we talk about context window size anymore?

By rce123 · 2026-09-04 · 2 points · 1 comments

Context length used to be one of the headline metrics for new models. I hardly hear about it anymore, but I can't imagine it doesn't still play a huge role in practical performance. Is this truly no longer a bottleneck, or does it just get rolled up in the headline benchmark num…

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