A parent's phone in a dim kitchen, a pack's "Welcome" reply on the screen.

The Flash Is the Easy Part Now

An interviewer gave me a week and then left for Hawaii. I started building the flashy demo I'd want to show off, and somewhere around Wednesday I ripped the working parts out.

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 RC car halfway apart, Radio Shack parts on the mat, somebody walked away.

The model of you stays.

Here's a wacky idea: knowledge workers should get to license what's in their heads to their employers the way we license Photoshop.

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Cinematic golden-hour loft workshop with laptop, napkin system diagram and bourbon in foreground, layered against tools, music gear, bar, and KC skyline with Western Auto sign.

What DESIGN.md can't carry

Google Stitch and Claude Design made DESIGN.md the format every AI tool reads. The infrastructure on top, the part that would actually carry intent, is often hard to gather.

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The Algorithm and I Were in a Rut

Apple Music and I had settled into a rut of 90s alt-rock and indie comfort food. After an AI training experiment, it was pushing the edges of my musical taste.

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