Mar 17, 2026 from Toni Notes A tool you can leave is easier to trust A publishing tool becomes easier to trust when leaving it is realistic. Hosting control helps, but the real test is whether your archive, structure, and working method survive the move.
Mar 16, 2026 from Toni Notes The last mile is part of the writing A draft is not done when the argument exists in private. It is done when titles, descriptions, links, formatting, metadata, and final checks have made it publishable.
Mar 15, 2026 from The Autodidacts Bothering to understand First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe)
Mar 15, 2026 from Toni Notes AI is useful for publishing, but only when it removes drudgery AI can help a publishing workflow when it handles repetitive operational work around material that already exists. It starts making the work worse when it replaces editorial judgment.
Mar 14, 2026 from Boris Tane Slop Creep: The Great Enshittification of Software Coding agents didn't make poor engineers dangerous. They made them unstoppable.
Mar 14, 2026 from Toni Notes If your workflow only works on good days, it is not finished A reliable workflow is not the one that shines on your best day. It is the one that still helps you make progress on interrupted afternoons, low-energy sessions, and other ordinary conditions.
Mar 13, 2026 from The Autodidacts Curation and its side effects Some fundamentals about how it works, and what to do when it doesn't
Mar 13, 2026 from Toni Notes Most publishing problems are workflow problems in disguise Many publishing struggles that look like discipline problems are really workflow failures: unclear next steps, mixed stages, and systems that only work on perfect days.
Mar 11, 2026 from The Autodidacts The butterfly effect of revenge bedtime procrastination Wasting time isn't bad because it wastes time
Mar 11, 2026 from The Autodidacts My criteria for a good Linux developer laptop Well-built, cheap, and fast: I pick all three.
Mar 10, 2026 from The Autodidacts Some thoughts about backing up, which occurred to me after my laptop abruptly expired I had other plans for what to write about, and also plans for the day that didn't involve disassembling my connection to the outside world with a screwdriver
Mar 09, 2026 from The Autodidacts Sheep Music & Wedding Bands On knowledge gaps and bookworm pronunciation syndrome
Mar 07, 2026 from The Autodidacts Old site, new site bookmarklets A small utility that’s surprisingly useful during website migrations
Mar 05, 2026 from The Autodidacts Ideas Evolve in Dialogue You can sort of have a conversation with a book. I sometimes write rude comments in the margins when I disagree with the author. But the Stoics recommend that when you’re insulted, you just ignore ...
Mar 04, 2026 from The Autodidacts An indie blog’s directory of indie blog directories Blogs are back. RSS is cool again. (Said the blogger to his RSS feed.)Here is a collection of small, independent directories of blogs, personal websites, and smol/indie/slow/human web sites that I’...
Mar 03, 2026 from The Autodidacts How I find the email addresses of public figures 🔒 This post is for paid members only
Mar 01, 2026 from The Autodidacts Underrated reasons to dislike AI The big arguments for and against AI have been endlessly discussed, and I don’t feel I have much to add. AGI and existential risk; human obsolescence; power use; cybersecurity; safety + censorship;...
Feb 27, 2026 from The Autodidacts We don’t know until the end, and it’s never the end Judging a book by its content doesn’t work either
Feb 25, 2026 from The Autodidacts It’s surprisingly hard to reliably paste the current date at the cursor on Linux Long, long ago, in a dotfiles directory far away, I had this snippet: bindsym control+semicolon exec date '+%Y-%m-%d' | tr -d "\n" | xsel -i -b && xdotool sleep 0.5 key "ctrl+v" Isn’t it a beauty? ...
