Keep the Why vs. past.dev vs. Agent Memory Repo vs. agentmemory
This is the third dated comparison. The first looked at Claude Code auto memory, MemoryCustodian and AgentsRoom. The second compared OKF Age...
Oct 13, 2026
9 min
The Model Changed. My Skill Didn't. The Score Still Dropped.
My rule for evaluating an agent skill is deliberately asymmetric: Test the agent on the weakest model you intend to support. Choose the judg...
Oct 7, 2026
7 min
Keep the Why vs. OKF Agent Memory vs. RepoWise: Three Approaches to Git-Native Project Memory
Three approaches to Git-native project memory for coding agents "Project memory for coding agents" is becoming a broad category. Three proje...
Oct 6, 2026
11 min
The reasoning behind a codebase, as a web you can walk
Open this before you read on: keepthewhy.com/dashboard/live/#graph Give it a few seconds to settle. Then come back. It looks like a knowledg...
Sep 30, 2026
6 min
Keep the Why vs. Claude Code Auto Memory vs. MemoryCustodian vs. AgentsRoom
"Project memory for coding agents" now means at least four different things, and most comparisons put them in one list as if they competed. ...
Sep 23, 2026
10 min
Keep the Why is not another workflow
There is a misconception about Keep the Why that I keep running into. People see a structured context/ directory containing decisions, rejec...
Sep 21, 2026
6 min
One Index, Many Writers: Avoiding Git Merge Conflicts with Deterministic Write Areas
While working on Keep the Why, I ran into a very ordinary Git problem. There is one shared context/index.md. Developers and coding agents ca...
Sep 21, 2026
3 min
Your repository already is your project's memory. One layer was missing.
Every coding agent starts the day as a goldfish. It can read the code, reason about it, and still have no idea why any of it is the way it i...
Sep 21, 2026
4 min