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Hacker News (AI, 50+ points)Article9d ago

Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs

Memory is the hard problem in CLI agents and this is a pragmatic approach. SQLite's durability and local-first model eliminate the latency and privacy tax of remote storage. It's a smart architecture for the narrow case of terminal-based workflows, but success depends on adoption: one good integration point (Claude CLI, if it existed) would change the utility math entirely.

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Simon WillisonArticle1mo ago

sqlite-utils 4.2.1

This is a routine dependency update, useful if you're already in Willison's tooling ecosystem for data pipelines feeding LLM agents. Not a story, just a maintenance note worth bookmarking if sqlite-utils sits in your stack.

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