File-based memory fails at scale: a dev builds a hybrid RL memory system
pinglin02 · reddit · 2026-08-19
The author evaluated the file-based memory paradigm used by Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and OpenClaw, concluding that recall degrades badly when the agent has a lot to remember.
They ended up building their own hybrid memory system and moved to an RL-based approach for long-term agentic tasks.
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