Agents write code, but they don't remember
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Deep argument on memory in AI code generation and SDLC inversion, highly relevant.
Summary
AI agents compress implementation from weeks to hours but introduce an 80% problem where the last 20%—edge cases and system seams—requires context that vanishes when the agent session ends. The core issue is that agent reasoning (trajectory) is lost, leaving only the output diff, forcing developers to reverse-engineer decisions. The SDLC will invert from code-as-artifact to intent-as-spine, with the full reasoning chain attached to git as the reviewable unit.