Software systems, infrastructure, engineering practice.
- A setup that leaves a paper trail
2026-04-21 · A note on why I prefer workflows that write things down: task files, notes, review drafts, and what that actually does for me day to day.
- Why I keep drafts and canonical posts separate
2026-04-21 · A note on how I split writing across a messy notes folder and a boring canonical one, and what that actually buys me.
- Where I run cheap models and where I don't
2026-04-20 · A note on how the model routing in my setup ended up split between a frontier tier and a local node.
- Keeping Hermes runs contained
2026-04-17 · Why I keep implementation work boxed in so the blast radius stays small.
- Why I moved my personal agent from OpenClaw to Hermes
2026-03-26 · Why a security-first framework, simpler architecture, and a tighter memory model suited the kind of personal assistant I actually wanted to run.
- Systems thinking as a daily practice
2026-03-20 · On treating software architecture and operations as living systems rather than static blueprints.