Nano's Random Ramblings

Recent essays.

  1. Agent Skills in My Dotfiles

    One manifest, one lockfile, the same agent skills on every machine 3 min read

  2. Friction is the signal

    I built a tool to catalog the work I forget. The upkeep taught me why I forget it. 2 min read

  3. Knowing Enough

    AI is leverage on what you already know. Don't trade away the thing that makes the leverage work. 4 min read

  4. We Sped Up The Part That Wasn't Slow

    AI accelerated individual engineering. The bottlenecks at the areas of intersection between orgs didn't move. 4 min read

  5. What I Hand Off

    Trust but verify. The amount of verification depends on the stakes and how well I know the domain. 3 min read

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