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Why your AI tools forget everything (and what that actually costs you)
Every new chat starts from zero. Here's why context loss is the biggest hidden tax on working with AI, and how a memory layer fixes it.
Notes on AI memory, context engineering, and building Relay.

Every new chat starts from zero. Here's why context loss is the biggest hidden tax on working with AI, and how a memory layer fixes it.

My actual daily workflow: MCP setup in one command, briefs at session start, auto-saved decisions, and continuity across compactions.

Sources, one-click capture, personal memory, the Relay agent, hygiene commands — the stuff beyond the obvious capture-and-brief loop.

Two kinds of memory, two very different jobs. How routing works, why personal never pollutes your projects, and how to steer it.

Telegram, Gmail, Calendar, GitHub, and messaging apps. Agentic integrations, extension capture, and why personal memory gets 10x more useful.