Memex works for me
Memex records my screen, runs OCR, and makes everything searchable via ChormaDB vector storage, and a well-designed MCP integration.
Here's what I actually use it for:
- Finding stuff I forgot to bookmark. An article I read but can't find. A terminal command that worked. A URL from a Slack thread I closed.
- Context switching. I work on five projects. When I come back to one after a few days, I ask Memex what I was doing last time. It shows me the editor, the terminal, the browser — everything I was looking at. Twenty minutes of ramp-up time, gone.
- Writing this blog. This post you're reading? I used Memex to search my screen history to figure out how I’ve been using this tool.
- One-Shoting A Resume Update. I ask Claude to look at what I’ve worked on in the past three months and update my resume with specific examples for each job I’m applying to.