This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Chandan Kumar
Introduction
The problem: Context management in AI workflows is broken. Personal frustration: I was spending 60 seconds explaining every single bug to Claude or Copilot. This is adharma—it breaks your flow and drains your cognitive load.
The Inspiration
Vedantic philosophy: विस्मृति भी विद्या है (“Forgetting too is knowledge”)
Fuzzy-Trace Theory: Human memory relies on “gists” (semantic meaning), not “verbatim” (perfect recall).
Neuroscience: Synaptic pruning (forgetting) is what makes learning possible.
The Architecture
Three-Kosha memory system (inspired by Vedantic philosophy)
Salience classification (tagging what’s important)
Gist extraction (compressing the “noise”)
Python bridge + VS Code integration
The Results
We ran a real-world Flask debugging test. The results are not a hypothesis; they are a fact.
90% time savings (A 60-second manual workflow → 5 seconds)
59% token reduction (A 210-token conversation → a one-shot 85-token prompt)
95.6/100 integration score
See the 5-second demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV4sPkl5qns
The Journey
From research paper to production.
Challenges: Cross-platform Python, auto-detecting secrets to maintain privacy.
Wins: A zero-config installation that is local-first and privacy-first by default.
The Future
v0.2.0: Memory Ledger UI (to see what Vidurai remembers)
v1.0.0: ML-based salience classification
v2.0.0: Multi-IDE support
Try It
Vidurai is free, open-source, and available now.
Install: ext install vidurai.vidurai
Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vidurai.vidurai
GitHub (MIT): https://github.com/chandantochandan/vidurai
Feedback is our Dharma
v0.1.0 is alpha. Please join the sangha and help build the future of AI-human collaboration.
Bugs: https://github.com/chandantochandan/vidurai/issues
Features: https://github.com/chandantochandan/vidurai/discussions
Community: https://discord.gg/DHdgS8eA
Conclusion
Ancient wisdom has modern applications. Privacy and AI can coexist. Philosophy matters in technology. जय विदुराई! 
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Chandan Kumar