Two merged PRs, a handful of rookie mistakes, and the quiet point where architectural thinking finally becomes actionable Published: April 22, 2026 Read time: 6 minutes Topics: Open Source, AI-Assisted Development, Systems Architecture Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation and my own hands-on work on personal open-source projects. It
Why I built my own memory substrate for long-running AI agents — and what "co-author" actually means in practice Published: April 22, 2026 Read time: 6 minutes Topics: Open Source, Agentic AI, Systems Architecture Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation and my own hands-on work on personal open-source
Disclosure: This post reflects independent personal experimentation using publicly available documentation and pricing. All model recommendations are based on my own hands-on testing with OpenClaw in the context of agentic skill development. It reflects only my personal views, is not professional advice, and does not represent any organization, employer, or
Disclosure: This reflects my personal experience and interpretation of publicly available information. All product evaluations are based on my own hands-on testing in the context of personal agentic skill development — not general benchmarking, sponsored evaluation, or professional recommendation. It represents my views alone — not any employer or organization — and is
Disclosure: This reflects my personal experience and interpretation of publicly available information. It represents my views alone—not any employer or organization—and is not professional advice., Fifty-three years. That's how long it took us to go back to the Moon. Apollo 17 returned in December 1972. Artemis
Disclosure: This reflects my personal experience and interpretation of publicly available information. It represents my views alone—not any employer or organization—and is not professional advice. Editor's note: This is V2 of the essay, originally published on April 10, 2026, the night of the Artemis II splashdown.
The content industry is broken. Not in one place. In four. The pipeline that feeds it. The franchises it relies on. The contract between platform and consumer. And the infrastructure that delivers the stream. If you work in media, entertainment, or technology, this series lays out what's structurally
Abstract: This essay is part of a series on why the content industry is broken and what would fix it. The Well We Never Tapped examined the starvation of the content pipeline. The Heat Death of Your Sci-Fi Universe examined the strip-mining of major franchises. The New Contract and The
Abstract: This essay is part of a series on why the content industry is broken and what would fix it. The Well We Never Tapped examined the starvation of the content pipeline. The Heat Death of Your Sci-Fi Universe examined the strip-mining of major franchises. The New Contract and The
Abstract: This essay is part of a series on why the content industry is broken and what would fix it. The Well We Never Tapped examined the starvation of the content pipeline. The Heat Death of Your Sci-Fi Universe examined the strip-mining of major franchises. The New Contract and The
The restaurants still have different names. The shelves still have different labels. But the supply chains, payment networks, servers, and energy infrastructure beneath are converging into fewer and fewer hands. More choice. Less difference. And a system that needs you to consume but doesn't need you to choose.
Abstract: This essay is part of a series on why the content industry is broken and what would fix it. The Well We Never Tapped examined the starvation of the content pipeline. The Heat Death of Your Sci-Fi Universe examined the strip-mining of major franchises. The New Contract and The