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comicMemori

An educational comic series exploring how AI memory works — from context windows to vector databases — told through the story of an office intern named Lex. 15 of 37 episodes live, 75 published panels.

Series · 37 episodes · 9 phases

Start at episode 1Latest: episode 15
Latest · Episode 15 · Relational and document databases

Publication map

15 of 37 published · 9 phases

Phase 1: Foundations

3 of 3 published

  1. Ep. 01The intern who writes fast, and what the desk isTheme · 5 min
  2. Ep. 02Tokens, the sticky notes of textTheme · 4 min
  3. Ep. 03The context window, desk size and boundariesTheme · 5 min

Phase 2: Desk Management

3 of 3 published

  1. Ep. 04Context bloat, when the desk turns into a pileTheme · 5 min
  2. Ep. 05Attention as a spotlight, why clutter hurts qualityTheme · 4 min
  3. Ep. 06Compression, turning a pile into a clean briefTheme · 6 min

Phase 3: Archive and Retrieval

3 of 3 published

  1. Ep. 07The archive, storing information outside the deskTheme · 4 min
  2. Ep. 08Retrieval, bringing the right pages backTheme · 5 min
  3. Ep. 09RAG, the retrieve-then-write workflowTheme · 5 min

Phase 4: Vectors and Semantic Search

5 of 5 published

  1. Ep. 10Vectors, coordinates on the meaning mapTheme · 4 min
  2. Ep. 11Embeddings, coordinates for meaningTheme · 4 min
  3. Ep. 12Similarity search, finding neighbors on the meaning mapTheme · 4 min
  4. Ep. 13Cosine similarity, comparing directionsTheme · 4 min
  5. Ep. 14Vector databases, the map drawer at scaleTheme · 4 min

Phase 5: Memory Storage

1 of 4 published

  1. Ep. 15Relational and document databasesTheme · 4 min
  2. Ep. 16Hybrid retrieval, lexical and semantic signalsTheme · scheduled
  3. Ep. 17Graph databases, relationships on the corkboardTheme · scheduled
  4. Ep. 18When graphs beat lists, and when they do notTheme · scheduled

Phase 6: Provider Memory Systems

0 of 4 published

  1. Ep. 19How memory works in ChatGPTTheme · scheduled
  2. Ep. 20How memory works in GeminiTheme · scheduled
  3. Ep. 21How memory works in ClaudeTheme · scheduled
  4. Ep. 22When remembered context goes staleTheme · scheduled

Phase 7: Portability and Ownership

0 of 4 published

  1. Ep. 23Why moving your memories is hardTheme · scheduled
  2. Ep. 24What lock-in feels likeTheme · scheduled
  3. Ep. 25A portable memory formatTheme · scheduled
  4. Ep. 26Permissions, safety, and what should never be storedTheme · scheduled

Phase 8: Agentic Future

0 of 3 published

  1. Ep. 27When interns become doers, memory becomes operationalTheme · scheduled
  2. Ep. 28Multi-agent teamwork, shared context without chaosTheme · scheduled
  3. Ep. 29Auditing and accountability, a paper trail for actionsTheme · scheduled

Phase 9: Context Layer Benefits

0 of 8 published

  1. Ep. 30One context, many toolsTheme · scheduled
  2. Ep. 31Less repetition, fewer remind me again momentsTheme · scheduled
  3. Ep. 32Better personalization without chaosTheme · scheduled
  4. Ep. 33Cleaner prompts, smaller desks, better answersTheme · scheduled
  5. Ep. 34Portability, taking your binder with youTheme · scheduled
  6. Ep. 35Privacy controls that feel humanTheme · scheduled
  7. Ep. 36Team context layers, shared work without oversharingTheme · scheduled
  8. Ep. 37Agent readiness with safe context actionsTheme · scheduled