Field Notes • 6 pieces
My place to babble and stammer about things I'm building or thinking about.
March 16, 2026
AI is lowering the cost of creating software much faster than it is lowering the cost of owning it. More companies will build custom tools. They still will not want to maintain everything.
AI Skilling • Essay • 23 min read
March 11, 2026
Code is not the barrier anymore. The real advantage is turning an idea into a system a coding tool can actually help you build.
AI Skilling • Interactive Essay • 17 min read
March 8, 2026
Aldo started as a continuity machine. Now it is becoming a local-first SRE that can watch my systems and remediate issues from a $250 mini PC.
Agent Building • Essay • 9 min read
March 3, 2026
Most account intelligence decays on contact. This is a system for making it compound instead.
AI Skilling • Essay • 30 min read
February 26, 2026
The easy part of a return reminder app is sending the reminder. The hard part is figuring out when the clock actually starts without building something creepy, brittle, or wrong.
App Building • Essay • 9 min read
February 23, 2026
Building Tannin taught me that the cleanest AI stack is often the one that keeps storage, search, and embeddings as close together as possible.
App Building • Essay • 7 min read