building things, writing them down
Writing 4
Longer thoughts — essays and notes, worked out in public. Newest first.
2026
- Keeping a notebook in publicWhy I finally built my own corner of the web, and what I plan to put in it.Jul 1, 2026
- Small tools, sharp edgesIn praise of software that does one thing, assumes you're paying attention, and gets out of the way.May 18, 2026
- On shipping before you're readyA short note to myself, mostly. You are never ready. Ship anyway.Feb 9, 2026
- The WordPress model for onchain socialWeb2 kept the algorithm closed because ranking equals revenue. Onchain social should make it a marketplace — a minimal neutral core, a permissionless graph, and a thousand competing clients and algorithms.Jan 31, 2026