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I Built a Memory Layer for Claude Code — It Saves Me Hours Every Week

I Built a Memory Layer for Claude Code — It Saves Me Hours Every Week

via Dev.toTom Yahav

Every Claude Code session starts from scratch. No matter how many times you've explained your architecture, your tech stack, or why you chose JWT over sessions — Claude forgets all of it the moment the session ends. I got tired of re-explaining the same decisions. So I built something about it. The Problem That Costs You More Than You Think Here's a conversation I was having three times a week: Me: "Add authentication to the /orders endpoint" Claude: "What authentication system are you using?" Me: "JWT. We decided this in session 1." Claude: "Got it. And what database?" Me: "PostgreSQL with Prisma. We've been over this." Claude: "And what middleware pattern?" Me: [10 minutes later, still explaining context] Sound familiar? Every re-explanation burns tokens (which cost money), time (which you don't get back), and patience (which is finite). I did some rough math on my own usage: ~3 Claude Code sessions per day ~15 minutes wasted per session re-explaining context That's 5+ hours per week

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