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What I tried, what worked, what broke

Every post answers one real question, in the first two sentences, from my own working practice. One honest limitation per piece – that’s a rule, not a slogan.

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how-to-give-claude-lasting-memory.mdflagship · in review

How to give Claude lasting memory of your work (in plain files)

Claude forgets you between sessions, and no setting fully fixes that. The fix that works is a folder you own, not a feature you rent – here’s the whole mechanism, and the ten-minute way to start.

claude-cowork-vs-claude-code.mddrafted · in review

I tried Claude Cowork and switched to Claude Code – an honest comparison for non-coders

Cowork is the sandbox: safe, friendly, and genuinely good. Code is the real thing, and the terminal is the price. I used both – here’s who each one is actually for, including who shouldn’t switch.

ai-in-obsidian-how-i-actually-use-it.mddrafted · in review

AI in Obsidian: how I actually use it

I barely use Obsidian’s AI plugins. My setup is plainer: Obsidian holds the notes as plain markdown, and Claude works on the same files from outside. The files are the system.

More in the pipeline: the second-brain build, Claude Projects vs. a real wiki, writing with AI without the slop.
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