Essays on AI worth keeping nearby.

Longer reads, kept to a small, deliberate archive.

April 15, 2026

The New Shape of AI Memory Feels Less Like Search and More Like Continuity

As AI products shift from one-off answers toward continuity over time, product design starts changing with them.

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April 12, 2026

AI Agents Need Better Surfaces, Not Just Better Reasoning

Agent quality is partly a model problem, but it is also a UI problem: the user needs to see what the system thinks it is doing.

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April 9, 2026

The AI Tool Directory Problem Is Not Discovery. It Is Trust.

There are more AI tool lists than anyone needs. The hard part is deciding which recommendations are still current and which ones actually matter.

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April 6, 2026

Why Small AI Apps Often Land Better Than Big Platforms

A narrow app with one satisfying behavior is often easier to understand, easier to share, and easier to finish.

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