Switching your LLM is easy. Switching your memory layer after six months in production is a different problem entirely.
Summary
This article highlights the difficulty of switching an LLM's memory layer after extended production use, noting that memory lock-in can be more problematic than model switching due to accumulated claims and drift.
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