🧠 Why Agent Core Memory Beats Building Your Own: Stop Reinventing the Wheel

🎯 Introduction “I’ll just throw it in DynamoDB.” I’ve heard this line dozens of times from engineers building AI agents. It sounds reasonable. You need to store conversation history, maybe some user preferences. DynamoDB is fast, scalable, and you already use it. How hard could it be? Here’s the thing: agent memory isn’t just storage. It’s what separates an agent that forgets everything you said five minutes ago from one that actually remembers your last conversation, pulls up context from three weeks ago, and knows which details matter and what data is fresh. ...

January 18, 2026 · 15 min · 3095 words · Me