I Stopped Storing Everything in AI Memory

I think most founders are overcomplicating AI memory.

After months of using AI agents, I realized:

Memory is good for preferences and decisions.

Knowledge is better stored in plain Markdown files.

My current setup:

• One topic = one .md file

• quick-ref.md acts as the index

• Agent reads files when needed

Example:

/knowledge/

• quick-ref.md

• indie_hacker_growth_tactics.md

• free_developer_resources.md

Benefits:

✓ Human-readable
✓ Git-friendly
✓ No vector DB
✓ No embeddings pipeline
✓ Works across agents

Now the AI doesn't need to remember everything.

It only needs to know where knowledge lives.

Curious how others handle long-term knowledge for AI agents?