Field Notes.
Working notes, essays and archive fragments. Older pieces are explicitly labeled as reconstructed.
I Keep Building Tools for Problems I Actually Have
Most of my useful systems start the same way: something in my own life becomes irritating enough that I can no longer leave it alone.
Projects Don't Die. They Become Invisible.
A surprising number of abandoned projects were never abandoned at all. Their continuity disappeared.
The Cost of Reconstructing Context
We keep paying to recreate information that already existed. That is not an intelligence problem. It is an infrastructure problem.
I Don't Need Another AI Agent
More workers do not solve the problem of knowing what all the workers are supposed to remain subordinate to.
My AI Workers Should Be Replaceable
If changing models destroys the project state, the model was accidentally promoted into infrastructure.
An AI Suggestion Is Not a Decision
Generated possibilities and approved project state are different classes of information.
The Difference Between a Project and a Folder
A folder can contain every artifact and still tell you almost nothing about the living state of the work.
Software Should Remember Why It Exists
Implementation detail expands naturally. Intent does not defend itself unless we preserve it.
Designing Technology My Father Doesn't Have to Understand
A useful interface should carry complexity for the person using it, not transfer that complexity to them.
ShowUp: Accountability Across Two Time Zones
Sometimes a useful system begins as two people repeatedly showing up for each other and noticing what the ritual needs.
Trying to Put Film Locations Online
Long before I had the resources to execute it well, I was trying to turn an offline location-scouting process into a searchable system.
Badlands
An internet gaming lounge, themed rooms, LAN parties, post-apocalyptic identity, and an early lesson in operating context.
What Should an AI Be Allowed to Forget?
Perfect memory is not the goal. The real question is which kinds of state must remain durable and which should decay.
The Portfolio Is a System
When projects compete for the same time, money, tools, attention and infrastructure, managing each independently hides the real constraints.
The Problem Above the Agent
Agent orchestration answers who does the work. It does not necessarily answer what remains authoritative when every worker changes.