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Chat history vs memory vs projects
Tasha opened a board deck chat on Monday and the model asked about the Riverside U10 Lightning. Memory had saved that from Sunday. History, memory, and projects are three drawers. Mixing them is how a soccer team lands in a VP deck, and how yesterday's brief vanishes.
Iterate: when the first answer is wrong
Samira sent a “fix the tone” prompt seven times; the email still opened with “I hope this message finds you well” and…
2FA, recovery, and shared family or team plans
Priya lost Claude to a 6-digit 2FA prompt she never set up, 18 hours before a client workshop, after her partner bought…
Grok Build tools, skills, and agent workflows
Nine MCP servers landed in the repo because another tool had them, and first run hung on a browser plugin for eleven…
Google AI Studio and API light
Google AI Studio and the Gemini API are builder doors, not the consumer chat plan. Part 4 of the Gemini product map…



