Quiet Nodes
Short notes on AI, tech, and the internet, over coffee.
Too much hype, a new “revolution” every week, and constant FOMO. I write to slow down and unpack what I’m seeing, testing, and reading — turning industry noise into something grounded. Those quiet nodes live here, in short notes you can read over coffee.
The ritual
I pick one thing that was buzzing in my head that week. I write it the way I’d tell you at a café table: what I noticed, what I checked, what still doesn’t sit right. I don’t hand down a verdict. I leave you with a question to sit with, so you can draw your own conclusions. Then we both get on with our day.
On the table
Latest observations
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Episode 30 ·
Is There Any Joy Left in Working With AI?
An agent nudged a logo a few pixels. The site updated. The old click of satisfaction did not. What happens to craft joy when the parade walks without you?
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Ep 29
Rewritten in Rust (and What Still Counts When AI Types)
AI did not make Rust easy. It made Rust reachable when you already know what you are building.
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Ep 28
The Companies People Want Cloned
Spite used to be a comment under a price hike. Now spite can ship working software
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Ep 27
What an Agentic OS Actually Needs
An agentic OS that waits for you to type is still just a chatbot wearing a desktop theme
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Ep 26
Your Notes Know Something You Don't
Twenty years of my notes were write-only memory. I captured everything and reread nothing
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Ep 25
The AI Revolution Runs on a Format From 2004
The entire AI wave runs on a text format a blogger invented in 2004 to skip writing HTML
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