Memory, small models, and validation in agentic systems

Memory, small models, and how to validate any of it

The last article in the series on building Bloom in a week: how to give an agent long-term memory without a vector database, what actually changes when you switch to smaller local models, and how to validate changes in a probabilistic system with evidence, not gut feeling.

July 15, 2026 · 12 min · Cairo Cananea