Context Branching for LLM Conversations: A Version Control Approach to Exploratory Programming · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.13914/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTContext Branching for LLM Conversations: A Version Control Approach to Exploratory Programming — mentioned by mhherhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099930urn:hackerpapers:mention:2512.13914:47099930Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:54:04 GMT<p>https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13914 Among many more of them with similar results. This one gives a 39% drop in performance. https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18403 This one gives 60-80% after multiple turns.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.13914/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SE