https://cdowell09.github.io/blog/Recent content in Home on Christian's BlogHugoen-ushello@example.com (Christian Dowell)hello@example.com (Christian Dowell)Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0800https://cdowell09.github.io/blog/posts/context-loss-ai-development/Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0800hello@example.com (Christian Dowell)https://cdowell09.github.io/blog/posts/context-loss-ai-development/<p>I pair with AI every day. It writes code, suggests architectures and regularly catches bugs I would have shipped. While the productivity gain is real, after months of this workflow, I&rsquo;ve noticed something that concerns me more than any hallucination or wrong import: both human and AI context evaporates rapidly between conversations.</p> <h2 id="pre-existing-fragmentation">Pre-existing fragmentation</h2> <p>Consider what happens on a typical software development team. A product manager writes a spec in a Google Doc. Engineers discuss trade-offs in a Google Doc or Slack thread and eventually a decision is made in a call.</p>https://cdowell09.github.io/blog/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000hello@example.com (Christian Dowell)https://cdowell09.github.io/blog/about/<p>Hi, I&rsquo;m Christian. I build things with AI for a living. My wife got tired of hearing about it, so now I write it down instead.</p>