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.
tags
ai-culture (4)claude-code (6)creative-expression (3)critique (2)debugging (1)mental-models (5)ruminating (2)talks (2)unhinged (2)workflow (7)writing (1)
ai-culture
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.
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 o...
claude-code
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 s...
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-farml...
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 fo...
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 proc...
mental experimentation budgets
i love debugging. it's a sense-making puzzle.
creative-expression
3 Songs, 1 Uncomfortable Truth: The Case for ✨Unpromptable Humanness✨ 🎧🧵
I had been listening to music all day when it hit me.
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 proc...
critique
3 Songs, 1 Uncomfortable Truth: The Case for ✨Unpromptable Humanness✨ 🎧🧵
I had been listening to music all day when it hit me.
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 o...
debugging
mental experimentation budgets
i love debugging. it's a sense-making puzzle.
mental-models
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.
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.
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.
mental experimentation budgets
i love debugging. it's a sense-making puzzle.
ruminating
lowerchaos
i like the lowerchaos feeling. one degree (or three) off normal. cosmic farmland's a disorienting space.
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...
talks
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.
unhinged
3 Songs, 1 Uncomfortable Truth: The Case for ✨Unpromptable Humanness✨ 🎧🧵
I had been listening to music all day when it hit me.
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 th...
workflow
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.
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 s...
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-farml...
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 fo...
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 proc...
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 th...
writing
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 proc...