Public notebook / updated when there is something worth keeping
Field
notes.
Short essays from the intersection of software, systems, privacy, photography, and the practical work of making things understandable.
A topology map should answer a question
A useful network map is not an inventory with lines. It gives structure first, then reveals the detail someone came to find.
Privacy is an architectural decision
Privacy works best when the system cannot quietly change its mind later. Put the boundary in the architecture, not only in the policy.
Reviewing agent-written code
Faster code generation does not remove the engineering work. It moves more of that work into framing, evidence, and review.