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# [Token Budgeting: The Engineering Skill Nobody Talks About](https://blog.zyvop.com/token-budgeting-the-engineering-skill-nobody-talks-about?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Token optimization is a context engineering problem, not a prompt-shortening contest — and the two levers most developers never touch will cut your AI bill by 70%

Aug 20 · 14 min read · blog.zyvop.com  
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