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Forgetting

How does memory stay correct as it grows?

Module 5 of 8 in The Write Path in Earnest · 4 lessons · about 2.7 hours

29. Why Forgetting Is a Feature · ~30 min

Justify forgetting on cost, latency, precision, privacy, and coherence.

30. Salience Scoring · ~45 min

Combine recency, reinforcement, explicit markers, and retrieval-hit feedback.

31. Decay and Memory Tiers · ~45 min

Move memories across scratchpad, working, and long-term tiers under decay and reinforcement.

32. Forgetting Under a Budget · ~40 min

Evict, archive, or quarantine within a bounded store, and tune without losing the user.

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