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This partial HN discussion weighs searchable text-file memory against the risks of stale or harmful recall, maintenance overhead, and keeping an external memory state current.
Why it matters: For anyone building agent memory, the comments highlight practical choices: how to retrieve useful information without resurfacing wrong material, keep stored files current, combine semantic and keyword search, and decide what deserves maintenance or context space.
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