I made a tool called txtfold . It takes a large file, think log files, big JSON dumps, anything with a lot of repetition, and surfaces the interesting bits in a form that's suited for LLM consumption. It's written in Rust, with a CLI and Python and JS/TS bindings, and it's open source. [ ]( https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iAAv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0b75406-ff0a-49c0-8fe1-d9e42b38dd9f_1156x1160.png ) I think we’re facing a pivotal moment. We’ve all been enjoying frontier model access at prices that don’t reflect the underlying cost structure, because VC money was paying the difference. That’s about to change1. The capex is real, the providers are burning money to acquire us as users, and that can’t continue indefinitely. Thanks for reading stdout! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Because of that, I think we are all going to be learning how to use LLMs more effectively.…