Field notes · the journal

Working notes from the sharp end.

AI tooling, hardening, the gap between demo and production.

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09·122026

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The Empty Quadrant

Eric S. Raymond's carpentry parable treats AI as a tool you learn to use. In chess, the human-plus-machine edge was real, and it expired.

AI · HISTORY · STRATEGY · CAREERS · TECHNOLOGY · CULTURE

02·122026

The Modern Colosseum

A critical essay arguing that mass spectator sports often function as attention capture, displacing personal growth, craft, and civic focus.

STRATEGY · SOCIETY · ATTENTION · CULTURE · LIFE

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