08/19/2026
🎓 Alumni Spotlight: Shamin Chokshi, MS in Data Architecture and Management ’24
Every token sent to an LLM costs money. Shamin built less-tokens, an open-source Python package that reduces token usage by approximately 30–40% by compressing prompts and files before they reach an API.
⚡ Runs locally in under 100 milliseconds
🔒 No GPU, API key, or training required
🛡️ Preserves JSON schemas, strict rules, code blocks, tables, and URLs
📄 Supports PDFs, Word documents, screenshots, and images
💻 Includes Chrome and VS Code/Cursor extensions
Get started:
pip install less-tokens
less-tokens-serve
🌐 Website: https://www.lesstokens.org/
📦 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/less-tokens/
⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/shaminchokshi/less-tokens
If less-tokens helps your work, consider starring the project on GitHub!
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