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teamchong ad7ef7c1ac docs(demo): cost-ab + effective-context A/B demos with a model arg
Both demos default to Fable; pass a model as the first arg (a.sh opus, sonnet,
haiku, or a full claude-... id) to override -- run both columns on the same
model for a fair A/B. Adds eval/ab token-savings scripts.
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pxpipe demos

Two demos, two questions, two honest verdicts.

folder question status
cost-ab/ Does pxpipe cost less on a real task? ~break-even. Compression is real but lands in cache_read (cheap at $, rumored-free at the subscription cap); session divergence dominates the totals.
effective-context/ Does pxpipe stay sharp in a context that overloads the plain column? unvalidated — modern long-context Claude may not "drown," so run it before claiming a win.

What is validated: in the cost A/B's Rust-rewrite task, both columns ported a whole library to Rust and both passed all 5 tests with the exact expected integers — pxpipe through imaged spec + source. So compression didn't break a precision task. pxpipe's case rests on capability (not breaking real work, and effective context), not on saving tokens.

Shared tooling: ../eval/ab/analyze.mjs reads the two proxy logs (ab-on.jsonl / ab-off.jsonl) and reports the honest cost comparison.