Brandon Corbin
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March 12, 2026 NotesAgentsWorkflow

Tabs Still Open

A running note on autonomy, memory, and the kinds of AI tooling that feel like they are inching toward real usefulness.

I keep coming back to the same question: what would it look like if software remembered enough context to feel collaborative instead of disposable?

Most tools still behave like every session begins in a vacuum. For people who work in bursts, tangents, and loops, that is expensive.

The more I experiment with agents, local context, and persistent memory, the more I think the real opportunity is not “AI that answers questions.” It is systems that preserve momentum.

That matters for teams. It matters even more for solo operators.

If I can hand an unfinished thread to a system and come back later without having to reload my own brain, that is not a minor convenience. That is product design meeting cognitive reality.