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Boiled frogs
Your town, ordinary day
Nov 14
How to build the thing [Part 3: Make it vanish]
The more your system is felt, the less it works.
Nov 11
Split/Flow [Part 4: Indifferent?]
Doesn't take much to hang a story on.
Nov 7
The lies we choose to know
Everyone has the facts, nobody shares the truth
Nov 4
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October 2025
Split/Flow [Part 3: Merit]
Logged, filed, already history.
Oct 31
How to build the thing [Part 2: Don't build what nobody needs]
The trap of building systems, tools, or workflows that serve themselves, not people.
Oct 28
Split/Flow [Part 2: Trace]
A name, or just an anomaly?
Oct 24
Did AI write this post?
Rethinking AI as a medium, not a threat. Like photography or film before it.
Oct 21
Split/Flow [Part 1: Fog and neon]
Two men, two cities, single system.
Oct 17
How to build the thing [Part 1: Start with what it enables]
Everything we build - tools, systems, or products - should begin with an outcome in mind.
Oct 14
1
Skate to forget
Leading the jam, and trying to escape weirdness that's sold by the hour.
Oct 10
The end of not knowing
In a world of instant answers, doubt may be a valuable thing to practice
Oct 7
1
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