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Can You Leave Your Software?
On August 25, I asked Codex to search my notes for earlier work on digital ownership. It read the Markdown files directly from the vault. Obsidian wasn't part of the access path. That showed something narrower than ownership: the notes were accessible outside the application that organizes them. I used to judge software at the…
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My Camera Wish List Became a Storage System for Wanting
Near Chinatown at night, I photographed a welder with the Fuji 90mm f2. Sparks came off the work while the surrounding light fell away from the sharp subject. The first-generation Fuji 56mm f1.2 gave me a similar result with a stray cat sitting inside a market stall, also at night. I can’t define “Fuji magic”…
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You Can’t Ask a Tool If You Still Need It
A tool can make a persuasive case for keeping itself without bias. The problem is the important context it cannot see.
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Complexity Signals the Unresolved
I had fourteen AI agents, and I couldn’t decide which ones to cut. I’d built each one for a reason. Research, writing, editing, coaching, Obsidian vault management, code, distribution, travel. Every agent had a brief and a defined role. The system still felt oversized. Two more AI models had joined the workflow. Several roles overlapped.…
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Personal writing on AI, productivity, systems, and photography. Based in Bangkok.