Writing

A folded map on black paper, from which a smaller panel unfolds into a more detailed map, and from that panel another with still finer detail Sep 24, 2026

Knowing what to search for

Search over large amounts of data works well now. The bigger problem is that an agent often doesn't know there is something to search for, so it needs a map of what it knows. Small white fish form a larger fish that crosses a black circular boundary Sep 6, 2026

Growing our own Hugging Face incident

Small agent societies we fully control, to run all kinds of experiments on. First up: how well can we reconstruct what a group of agents did from its logs? A white ink speech waveform forms a horizontal ribbon loop and becomes a rectangular text page on black paper Sep 4, 2026

The dictation shortcut I use all day

I wanted fast, private dictation on my Mac. This little app has become how I write most of my text. DIY sleep cooling loop beside a bed Jun 3, 2026

Building a sleep cooling system for a fraction of the price

A €200 water-cooled mattress built from an Alpicool camping fridge, a 5 W pump, and a local macOS BLE controller. A tiny seed branches sideways into a vast ink-drawn canopy Jun 2024

Don't sleep on this: 2024 edition

Why scaling laws made me update toward much faster AI progress. Progress Aug 4, 2023

Could our greatest invention be our last?

We let markets decide which technologies get built. An early essay on why that stops working once the downside is extinction.