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Thinking about software design, intentionality, and the relationship between people and the tools they choose to use.

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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