Part 3 of the series: Building Your AI Developer Handbook

The Goldfish Problem

By default, every Claude session starts completely fresh. No memory of last week's conversation. No memory of the rule you explained three times. No memory of the mistake you made together and fixed together.

"Imagine if your doctor forgot everything about you every time you walked into the clinic. You'd spend 10 minutes re-explaining your history before they could help you."

That's Claude without memory files.