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A Future to Chew On: Qwen 2.5 couldn't reconstruct software from ideas; the Covid music PC can run Qwen 3.6, so the agent finally has a home — and a name.

working note · source session: 2026-05-05

Gum in the Machine: a note on introducing Gum as a truth-protection role inside the Chew/Gum workflow.

published: 2026-04-30

I Truly Do Not Understand What I Am Doing. Yet.: local AI agents are starting to feel reasonable, which is exactly why watching one get lost on a home network felt so clarifying.

working note · source session: 2026-04-19

Duration Is a Proxy for Worth: many people evaluate value through time spent, and AI puts pressure on that habit by collapsing visible effort.

working note · source session: 2026-03-06

None of Us Have Parents: the current AI moment feels like a collective sketchbook phase in which nobody is far enough ahead to function as a stable mentor class.

working note · source session: 2026-03-06

AI Ended the Loneliness of Making: the practical company of working with Claude changed the emotional experience of solo development as much as the technical output did.

working note · source session: 2026-03-05

Emotional Scope Creep: a utility project stopped being only a utility because the characters inside it kept demanding more structure, attention, and care.

working note · source session: 2026-03-05

The Vagueness Was Protective: when AI removed the technical barrier, the missing piece turned out to be internal specificity rather than language or code.

working note · source session: 2026-03-05