For those creating personal assistants locally - how has short/long term memory impacted your experience?

In three linesA r/LocalLLaMA user built an autonomous agent with Qwen 3.5 27B enhanced by short/long-term memory (memory.md file, daily summaries, self-reflections). The agent handles complex tasks (app creation, web search, software installation). User prefers this local setup over GPT/Gemini for UX despite lower raw capability.

Summary generated by Claude — human-verified