Steve Yegge's agent memory tool Beads hits 1.5M downloads one year after launch

Steve_Yegge · x · 2026-10-16

Steve Yegge reflects on one year of Beads, his agentic memory layer, issue tracker, and knowledge graph. He sketched the first version in 15 minutes with Claude Sonnet 4.5; it now has a scalable backend, an active contributor team, and 1.5M downloads.

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