builders vs naysayers: ten dimensions
after publishing my current philosophy, i had some delightful conversations and specific feedback on "boosting builders, not nagging naysayers" line.
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talk: cambrian explosion & fractals
gave this talk at Ibotta's 2026 CultureCon.
talk: forwards & backwards paradox
second talk at Ibotta's 2026 CultureCon with the focus on forwards & backwards paradox.
telemetry then systematize
added a variety of skills in cosmic-farmland based on usage. theme is roughly: add telemetry for everything, find the patterns (friction, use cases), and then systematize it aggressively.
3 Songs, 1 Uncomfortable Truth: The Case for ✨Unpromptable Humanness✨ 🎧🧵
I had been listening to music all day when it hit me.
boosting builders: current philosophy
shifting from "how to use this tool" to "thinking in systems and exponentials" is a common topic in my conversations with people across the industry.
new skill to snuff out fluff and focus on what matters
new skill in the cosmic farmland: /fart-sniffing-detection. check it out here: https://github.com/marshallhouston/cosmic-farmland/tree/main/plugins/cosmic-farmland/skills/fart-sniffing-detection.
three little workflows
a friend asked what i've been building recently, and it's mostly a collection of random things to get swings and reps and build the habit of building. an app for a friend to build community, digital r...
lowerchaos
i like the lowerchaos feeling. one degree (or three) off normal. cosmic farmland's a disorienting space.
co-intelligence & ai-augmented writing system
i read ethan mollick's co-intelligence twice in 2025. his ideas on co-intelligence with human + ai together have heavily influenced my ai-augmented writing process.
probabilistically perfect piggies
slop. racing to the probabilistically perfect. sterile, milquetoast, borinnnnnggg slop. gather round the trough to fatten up on slop like some ai-powered herd of pigs.
mental experimentation budgets
i love debugging. it's a sense-making puzzle.
bff: build friction fix
the rapid pace of change right now in tech world feels overwhelming. timelines are compressed. new tools & new ways of working popping up left and right. all the things so fast.
hiyaaa world
i like to learn. i carry around a plain cahier xl moleskine notebook almost everywhere, and i doodle, jot down ideas, make connections, or scribble furiously to process.