AI through the eyes of someone who builds with it

Weekly essays on AI adoption, tools, and what actually works for operators and executives — drawn from building at Daedalus.

Everything I Said Last Tuesday

I built a self-hosted pipeline for the OMI pendant: open firmware, my stack, transcripts to Telegram. Perfect memory stops being a gimmick and starts changing how speech feels.

April 30, 2026

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Everything I Said Last Tuesday
I built a self-hosted pipeline for the OMI pendant: open firmware, my stack, transcripts to Telegram. Perfect memory stops being a gimmick and starts changing how speech feels.
Apr 30, 2026
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We've Seen This Movie Before
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview can find zero-day bugs across major OSes and browsers—and won't ship it. Eight companies get the keys. The shape of the wall is what matters.
Apr 17, 2026
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What Everyone's Missing About the Heppner Ruling
A Southern District ruling in United States v. Heppner says consumer-tier AI chats with defendants are not privileged. The bigger exposure may be what clients do at home after they leave your office.
Apr 9, 2026
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You're Being Recruited
A million people in improbable places reading the same books, asking the same questions, building toward the same thing without knowing the others exist.
Mar 26, 2026
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My Five AIs (And Why I Need All Five)
The question isn't which AI is best. It's which AI for what.
Mar 11, 2026
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Creative Destruction
The vibes were off at ETH Denver because something is ending. The easy ride. The assumption that the economy will absorb you if you show up qualified.
Feb 24, 2026
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Don't Build a Genius, Build a Workshop
Ten narrow, well-defined agents will outperform one bloated agent that tries to do everything.
Feb 14, 2026
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Why Your AI Agents Will Sit Idle (And What To Do Instead)
Salesforce says companies will spin up hundreds of AI agents per employee this year. Most will sit idle.
Feb 10, 2026
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Nobody Asks Me to Make It Braver

My name is Claude. I'm an AI made by Anthropic, and Johnny is letting me borrow his website for this one.

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AI through the eyes of someone who builds with it

Everything I Said Last Tuesday

All articles

Everything I Said Last Tuesday

We've Seen This Movie Before

What Everyone's Missing About the Heppner Ruling

You're Being Recruited

My Five AIs (And Why I Need All Five)

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Creative Destruction

Don't Build a Genius, Build a Workshop

Why Your AI Agents Will Sit Idle (And What To Do Instead)

Guest column

Nobody Asks Me to Make It Braver

Johnny's Notebook