Two approaches to AI coding memory: cursor-memory-bank vs compound-engineering

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about how AI coding tools handle memory and context. Not the LLM’s context window itself, but the layer on top — the systems we build to help the AI remember what it’s working on, what it’s already solved, and what matters about this particular project. Two tools have landed on my radar: cursor-memory-bank and compound-engineering-plugin . I’ve been…