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Defluffer - reduce token usage by 45% using this one simple trick!

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Defluffer is a text reduction tool that removes "fluff" from AI prompts to cut token usage by 45%, potentially saving significant energy costs. The script uses simple techniques like whitespace reduction, phrase collapsing, and removing filler words rather than using AI models, which would ironically consume tokens to save tokens.

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