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# Context Engineering: How machines remember and forget

Overloading an AI's context window inevitably leads to systemic failure. Master context engineering with token budgets, isolated sub-agents, and retrieval strategies to build resilient model memory.

- **Speakers:** [Emre Okcular](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@emre-okcular)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Duration:** 24:38
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100516-context-engineering-how-machines-remember-and-forget

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