Build With a Memory Is Now a Public Repo
The whole method I wrote about last week is now public: buildwiththememory.com, backed by a repo you can read, copy, and argue with at github.com/adetwiler/build-with-the-memory.
Twelve short method docs. Copyable templates. A one-paste prompt that sets a project up from zero. All plain markdown. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. Your project’s context should live in your repo, as files you own, next to the code it describes. I would rather show you the method and have you keep the files than sell you a subscription to your own context.
If you only take one thing, take the decision records. When you make a real decision, write one small file: what you decided, and why. The agent reads the decision once and stops re-litigating it, so every session after that is cheaper than the last. Two months in, my reviews got faster, not slower.
Honestly, it’s not magic. The agent still gets things wrong, and the files go stale if you stop tending them. The method is mostly discipline. The repo says so where that’s true.
Go take the files. That’s what they’re for. If you try this on a real project and something doesn’t hold up, reply to this and tell me. The method got better every time something broke, and I don’t expect that to stop.
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