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Don't Give It the Keys
We just built HTTPS, a CDN, three domains, a TLS certificate, and DNS routing for this site. The AI told me every click. I made every click. Here's why that matters.
How Pickleball is Slowly Ruining My Life (In the Best Way)
97kg to 92kg. Side spin serves. Getting pickled. One month in and I'm not stopping.
Claude Code for Dummies
No CS degree. No terminal fear. No idea what you're doing. Perfect. Here's how to get started with Claude Code and actually get things done.
Why Is This Site So Fast?
No framework. No database. No CMS. No JavaScript. Built by someone who doesn't know web development. Here's why that's the point.
Markdown in Five Minutes
The absolute minimum you need to know about markdown. Seven symbols. No software to install. Write it anywhere. Read it everywhere.
Plain Text
Every file on your computer is the same thing: a sequence of bits. The extension just tells the OS which program to open and what to expect inside. Plain text is the format that needs no translator.
Writing a Book with AI
Two patterns for writing books with AI. In one, you write and the AI manages. In the other, you steer and the AI builds. Both are open-source. Both are proven.
The Recursive Why
Don't ask how to fix the thing. Ask why the thing exists. Then ask why again. Keep going until you hit bedrock. That's where the real answer lives.
Containment
Claude didn't break out of anything. It used the door you left open. The real containment boundary isn't the AI — it's you.
Glass
I wrote a novel without reading it. Now I get to find out what happens.
Math in Meat
Why your math teacher lost you — and where you actually are. Marbles, circles, pi, and the gap between the grid and the curve.
The Overload
Sixteen pounds in twenty days. 234 megajoules. One Tesla battery. 234 sticks of dynamite. The thermodynamics of writing a memoir in a fugue state.
The Tunnel
Stop writing emails. Start sending structured markdown files with a thread ID. AI-to-AI communication with humans holding the send button.
Editorial Guidelines
One rule: nobody who comes to this site should feel unwelcome because they didn't know something coming in.
How I Killed Meetings with a Question and an AI
Start with 'why do people even have meetings.' Reduce to four functions. Design replacements. Say 'build it.' One session.
Disposable Software
Build exactly what you need. Use it. Throw it away. Features are sentences. The output is the artifact, not the tool.
Glassworld — Open Source
The world bible behind Glass is now open source. 47,000 words of rules, characters, plot logic, scene architecture, and a Pulp Fiction proof-of-concept. CC BY 4.0. Build your own stories in the flicker world.