Stop Summarizing Context: You Need Active KV Cache Garbage Collection

Treat the KV cache like heap memory and evict dead blocks directly from GPU memory instead of relying only on lazy summarization or massive context windows. Written by Dax Kansara for the India Draft engineering blog. This article explores practical systems for building reliable AI products, developer tools, and production software. The goal is simple: replace fragile workflows with observable, testable, maintainable architecture that teams can operate with confidence.