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Agents don't need memory, they need documentation

363 points · 259 comments · kmeh

  1. isaachinman · · focus · HN ↗
    I wrote this, after many iterations consulting for various companies. Documentation is queryable in single digit ms, append only log, etc. Has worked exceptionally well for my projects

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    1. mzhaase · · focus · HN ↗
      Do agents actually follow it though? Everything I tried that was not just simple instructions had the same failure mode : ADR, mnemonic, hindsight, code-review-graph, etc were simply ignored by agents after a while. They always fall back to their baseline: grep and Python.
      1. bird0861 · · focus · HN ↗
        How to spot a Claude user.

        But seriously, Opus has been garbage after 4.6 -- the public seems very easily fooled into thinking breadth == depth. Anthropic, I&#x27;ll grant them, has been and is still an extraordinary data team. As for model alignment though... I have to wonder sometimes if they are even trying beyond just chat training.

        &quot;Guys, SI is just around the corner... Huh? What production DB? Anyway GPT2...I mean Mythos is too good it would be dangerous to release to the public!&quot;

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