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Programming as Circuitry in the Age of AI

There is a strange narrative floating around right now that programming has changed completely. That we have crossed some invisible line and now code just sort

Feb 21, 2026

Mentoring a 7B Model: Building a Persistent Multi-Persona Sandbox with SQLite and Controlled Mutation

Persistent Identity on Top of a 7B Model Over the last few days I have been running a local experiment with Mistral 7B through Ollama. At first glance it looks

Feb 20, 2026

Mistral 7B Moves In: A Local LLM Joins the Stack

There is a new layer running quietly behind this site. It is not visible in the navigation. It does not have a dashboard. It does not ask for API keys or track

Feb 18, 2026

Sunday, AM, Features Added, Dev Cycle Reworked

Before 11am Some mornings you answer email. Some mornings you quietly rearrange the entire stack before most people finish their first cup of coffee. Today w

Feb 15, 2026

Tightening the Loop: What Real Iteration Feels Like

So three weeks ago I spun this site up. No grand strategy session. No architecture whiteboard covered in arrows. I reached for what I know works. VirtualBox. L

Feb 15, 2026

CP/M: The Operating System That Taught Microcomputers Discipline

There was a moment before the IBM PC. Before Windows. Before the idea of a “platform” meant an ecosystem with venture funding and a logo refresh. There were j

Feb 14, 2026