Insights
Deep articles about creativity, expression, voice input, and AI workflow.
I Spoke an Idea Into My Phone.
It Became a GitHub PR.
A rough voice note moved through ChatGPT, a GitHub Issue, and Codex until it became work ready for review—without restarting the context at every step.
Why Do Good Ideas Come
When You're Walking?
You're sitting at your desk, screen glowing, cursor blinking. Thirty minutes in, the sentences still aren't right. Then you get up and go for a walk. Ten minutes later, a title appears.
03
The Most Underrated Hardware on Your MacBook
Is the Microphone
You spent over a thousand dollars on a MacBook. You researched everything. But the way you produce text every day hasn't changed in twenty years: head down, typing.
04
It's Not That AI Is Bad —
You're Just Not Giving It Enough
You ask AI to build you a budgeting app. What comes back looks like it was designed by a random number generator. You click around and it gets worse. Thirty minutes later, you conclude: AI just isn't smart enough.
05
What Do People Who Record Themselves Frequently
End Up Discovering?
What were you worried about three months ago — do you remember? You probably remember the feeling. But the specifics — what exactly it was, how it passed — are already blurry.
06
The Feynman Learning Method —
Most People Get Stuck on Step Two
You finish a lecture feeling like you understood everything. A friend asks 'what was that about?' You open your mouth, get a few sentences in, and suddenly hit a gap.
07
What to Do When an Idea Comes
and You Can't Catch It
You're walking somewhere, and a thought suddenly surfaces. You pull out your phone and start typing. But the moment you type the first sentence, something's off — the idea in your head was whole, what you typed is flat.
