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I Asked AI to Count My Bookshelf

A small, practical AI story: I had two overcrowded bookcases and wanted a simple inventory. What I got back was an honest collaborator that refused to make things up, told me what it couldn't verify, and turned a decade of reading into a portrait I could see.

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BUILD Jun 7, 2026
I Asked AI to Count My Bookshelf
FEED Jun 6, 2026
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ESSAY May 21, 2026
It Was Us All Along
PERSONAL May 19, 2026
"Watch" This…the Valjoux 7750 Movement
BUILD May 17, 2026
Where Your $5 Goes
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Cortex: Is the Promise Fulfilled?
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Feed Jun 6, 2026
This Week's Feed
AI commoditizes execution, so what stays scarce? This week digs into judgment as the new moat, the forward-deployed engineering playbook, and why building software is really about learning.
Essay May 21, 2026
It Was Us All Along
If AI makes execution cheap, we should be awash in great ideas made real. We aren't. A two-axis framework for understanding when AI actually works — and why you are the variable that matters most.
Personal May 19, 2026
"Watch" This…the Valjoux 7750 Movement
An Omega Speedmaster Reduced, the ETA 7750 inside it, and why the same movement powers one of the most mathematically careful watch complications ever made.
Build May 17, 2026
Where Your $5 Goes
A scrollytelling piece following every cent of a $5 latte from cup to farm — and a horizontal Sankey diagram that tips down vertically and lands on a real world map, showing where each river of money actually flows.
Build May 16, 2026
Cortex: Is the Promise Fulfilled?
The machine sees you — but it sees your behavior, not your intent. Part 2 of a three-part series on personal wikis and self-knowledge.
Feed May 11, 2026
This Week's Feed
A heavy week on AI coding — Chris Parsons' definitive 2026 guide, harness engineering as the senior engineer's new craft, and a Colossus profile of Notion's quietly AI-native culture.