Choose model and effort at the start of a session and stay with them.
Switching models drops the cache, and switching mid-task makes the next turns slower and dearer.
Cost
The habits that make the difference. Tick the ones you already keep and see what is left.
0 / 3 you keep
If you use fast mode at all, turn it on at the start of the session.
The first enable reads the whole conversation uncached.
/fast
Prefer /rewind to abandoning a path.
It returns to an already cached prefix, which compaction does not.
/rewind