Independent notes on technology and making

Issue 01 · 2026

Field
Notes.

Essays on AI, software, attention, and the changing shape of creative work.

Claude Monet's Poppy Field, with figures walking through red flowers beneath a pale summer sky

Featured essay

· AI · Writing

The Blog I Talk To

A simple publishing system where conversations can become a visual, editable, and durable essay.

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    AI · Design

    Three Chat Bubbles

    AI made it easier to build. Making the whole product make sense still takes care.

Four ongoing threads

A field guide to what I keep thinking about.

01

AI systems

How models behave, fail, and reshape the tools around them.

02

Creative tools

Notes on writing, media, and making with machines.

03

Software

Architecture, interfaces, and the systems behind the work.

04

Process

Experiments, retrospectives, and better ways to think.