Moderation Happens Too Late
The fight over moderation and fact-checking runs downstream of ranking. By the time anything is reviewed, a system optimised for engagement has already chosen what was eligible to be seen.
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Field Reports
Thoughts on software, sound, design, and the tools we build.
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14 reports, newest first.
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Markdown Library ML-42 Is on the Mac App Store
ML-42, the native macOS reader and editor for the markdown already on your disk, is available now — $12.99, one time, no subscription. Point it at any folder and read, search, and edit across projects.
Announcements · ML-42
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An Obsidian Alternative Without the Vault
ML-42 reads, searches, and edits the markdown already on your disk — no vault, no import, no plugins, no sync to rent. Here's where it fits and where Obsidian still wins.
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Introducing SR-7
A voice recorder for Mac and iPhone that transcribes and summarises on-device, then hands you a markdown file you own — no cloud, no subscription.
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Why On-Device Beats the Cloud for Thinking Tools
For the tools you think in — capture, tasks, reading — on-device processing wins on privacy, ownership, and rent, and Apple Silicon makes it good enough.
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Designing the SR-7 Icon in Code
The icon for SR-7 never left the codebase. Designed in SVG, iterated in conversation, shipped without an export step.
SR-7 · Ideas
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Essential Focus Timer
Most productivity timers try to do too much. This one does one thing: count down. That's all you need.
Announcements · Utilities
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SR-7 Use Case: Journaling
Voice capture as a journaling practice. Lower the barrier, keep the texture, let AI find the patterns.
SR-7 · Ideas
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SR-7 Use Case: Your Recordings as Context
Every recording you make adds to a body of knowledge. Transcribed, summarised, and searchable, it becomes the richest context you have.
Ideas · SR-7
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Chaos Studies in the Wild
Few things beat seeing your product used in ways you didn't anticipate.
Chaos Studies
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Async by Design
AI's immediate feedback loop is addictive — and exhausting when spread across too many things. Capture now, process later, engage on your own schedule.
Ideas · SR-7
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Fewer Things, Done Well
When everything is possible, nothing feels finished. The hardest skill in an AI-augmented workflow isn't prompting — it's deciding what not to do.
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The Sound of Your Thoughts
Writing pulls you into editing mode before the thought has finished arriving. The tools we use to capture shape how we think — and speaking turns out to be more relevant than ever.
Ideas · SR-7
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Chaos Studies Is Here
What started as a coding experiment on a tiny handheld became an immersive app for iOS and macOS. Nine strange attractors, spatial audio, and no goal whatsoever.
Announcements · Chaos Studies