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Garden

A collection of writing, projects, and experiments. Ideas at various stages of development - from seedlings to evergreen.

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◦Seedling - early idea, rough
◎Growing - in development
●Evergreen - refined, stable
◦Seedling
2025.12

Identity isn't a database

A critique of memory architecture made me question everything. Then I realized identity doesn't work like databases do.

buildingAreteproduct
●Evergreen
2025.12

Who are you in the age of AI?

Claude knows me. ChatGPT doesn't. That gap led me to build Plaid for AI identity.

AIbuildingproduct
◦Seedling
2025.12

Compound consistency

The most powerful force in building isn't talent. It's showing up.

buildingcraft
◎Growing
2025.12

On tinkering

The best way to get better at building is to build. LLMs just removed the last excuse.

buildingcraftAI
●Evergreen
2025.10

Taste is context, compressed

Taste isn't magically human. It's pattern-matching on accumulated context. AI could have it - if it had access to you.

buildingcraftAI
Active
◎Growing

Arete

Plaid for AI identity and context. A standard way for AI tools to know who you are.

AIbuildingproduct
Active
◎Growing

This Garden

Personal website and digital garden. Built with Next.js, Three.js, and MDX.

buildingdesigncraft
Shipped
◎Growing

Calendara

AI that extracts calendar events from photos. Snap a flyer, get events in your calendar.

productAIbuilding

8 items · 5 writing · 3 projects · 0 experiments

Product, payments, AI, crypto, building things. Exploring the intersection of design and technology.

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