The AI handoff problem: why switching models wipes your work (and what actually fixes it)

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<p>Somebody finally said it out loud.</p> <p>Jesse Showalter, who runs four different AI tools, wrote this week that none of them remembers what he decided last week — context drops at every handoff between them. His diagnosis: <em>"not a model problem — the same twenty-year handoff problem, wearing a new coat and charging monthly."</em></p> <p>He's right. And he's not alone — the whole timeline is saying it right now. Builders flipping between Claude and Codex inside VS Code to dodge token limits. A viral screenshot of Claude sitting at 90% of its session limit while the user begs it to <em>s

Problem

<p>Somebody finally said it out loud.</p> <p>Jesse Showalter, who runs four different AI tools, wrote this week that none of them remembers what he decided last week — context drops at every handoff between them. His diagnosis: <em>"not a model problem — the same twenty-year handoff problem, wearing a new coat and charging monthly."</em></p> <p>He's right. And he's not alone — the whole timeline is saying it right now. Builders flipping between Claude and Codex inside VS Code to dodge token limits. A viral screenshot of Claude sitting at 90% of its session limit while the user begs it to <em>s

Outcome

<p>Somebody finally said it out loud.</p> <p>Jesse Showalter, who runs four different AI tools, wrote this week that none of them remembers what he decided last week — context drops at every handoff between them. His diagnosis: <em>"not a model problem — the same twenty-year handoff problem, wearing a new coat and charging monthly."</em></p> <p>He's right. And he's not alone — the whole timeline is saying it right now. Builders flipping between Claude and Codex inside VS Code to dodge token limits. A viral screenshot of Claude sitting at 90% of its session limit while the user begs it to <em>s

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The AI handoff problem: why switching models wipes your work (and what actually fixes it)

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