Writing

Guides and field notes on persistent memory for AI coding tools -- and on keeping the tools themselves configured, backed up, and in sync.

• How to Migrate Your Context From ChatGPT to Claude

  Nothing transfers automatically. How to export, distill, and reload your context -- and make this your last manual migration.

  August 7, 2026
• AI Session Handoff Between Machines: Pick Up Where You Left Off

  Why coding agents forget everything when you switch machines, three manual fixes, and what an automatic handoff looks like.

  August 7, 2026
• Encrypted Backups for Your AI's Memory (Why Plaintext Context Is a Liability)

  What's actually in AI memory files, the realistic threat model, and three backup approaches -- from private git to E2E-encrypted sync.

  August 7, 2026
• How to Back Up Cursor Settings (and What's Actually Worth Backing Up)

  Where Cursor keeps settings.json, keybindings.json, and your rules on every OS -- and three honest ways to back them up.

  August 2026
• How to Sync Windsurf Settings Across Machines

  The three files worth syncing, where Windsurf hides them, and manual, git, and automated ways to keep machines in step.

  August 2026
• Claude Code vs Cursor (2026): An Honest Comparison From Someone Who Runs Both

  Where each tool wins, why most developers end up running both, and the context problem nobody mentions.

  August 2026
• How MCP Gives Your AI Tools Persistent Memory

  A step-by-step MCP server tutorial: give Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI tools memory that survives between sessions.

  March 2026

Use cases

• Make Your AI Remember Between Sessions

  How one saved reminder survived days, multiple sessions, and a model switch -- and surfaced on time.

  August 2026
• Pick Up a Project Exactly Where You Left Off

  Goals, locked decisions, and next steps that auto-load at session start -- across dozens of sessions.

  August 2026
• An AI Assistant That Learns From Its Mistakes

  A real deploy incident, written to memory once, that never happened again.

  August 2026
• Every Decision, With the Why Attached

  Git records what changed. memoir records why -- at the moment the decision happens.

  August 2026