AI Taught Me a Phrase: Slow Iteration
Today, AI taught me a phrase I had not expected: slow iteration.
The Real Question Begins After the Trojan Horse Works
We treat “it worked” as the end of the story. The Odyssey treats it as the beginning.
When Cleverness Becomes Infrastructure
The smarter AI becomes, the less willing we should be to outsource the choice of what it serves.
Execution Is No Longer the Bottleneck—Turning Ideas into Systems Is
AI makes ideas easier to execute. It also moves the real bottleneck.
Rest Is Part of the AI Stack
The better you get at AI, the easier it is to overwork.
AI Native Systems
How to Check AI's Work Before You Trust It
Four checkout orders show how to check AI-written work with ordinary cases, exact boundaries and interacting rules. Includes a reusable verification request.
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Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your machine; Consumer AI Fatigue Is Overwhelming, Local Businesses Should Reconsider Use; Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analystShow HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your machine; Consumer AI Fatigue Is Overwhelming, Local Businesses Should Reconsider Use; Show HN: Maali – Privacy-first personal finance app with a local AI analyst
Creation & Media
October 17, 2026Slow Iteration: Building Orbit Courier With AI
AI taught me the phrase slow iteration. A beautiful picture made me want to keep building a game. This is how that idea became Orbit Courier, now with three playable crossings.
AI Native Systems
October 6, 2026Sonnet 5.5: Higher Effort Isn’t Always Better
Sonnet 5.5 shows why higher effort is not always better. A concrete checkout example helps distinguish a wrong answer from an agent that did more than the task required.
AI Native Systems
October 2, 2026Karpathy's New Advice: Ask AI to Build a Tool for Understanding
A close reading of Karpathy's advice on AI output: clearer writing, diagrams, interactive HTML and bespoke videos—and how to ask an agent to help you understand its work.
