February 23, 2026
Why I refused to build a database for TimeSync
Most tools collect data by default. TimeSync doesn’t. Here’s why going stateless was cheaper, safer, and better UX for a utility app.
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February 22, 2026
SR-SI: The methodology that gives AI persistent memory across any long-running project
SR-SI V2 is live: 106x Token Coherence improvement, near-zero marginal upkeep through agent-operated maintenance, and new findings on functional identity over long-running workflows.
February 21, 2026
Communication engineering beats prompt engineering
“Prompt engineering” is mostly a clarity problem. AI doesn’t need special syntax — it needs clear intent, outcomes, and constraints, like any teammate.
February 21, 2026
I cut the AI's memory and it got smarter
Shrinking a monolithic index into a navigation hub plus scoped sub-indices reduced context overhead and improved coherence. The AI didn’t get smarter — the memory architecture did.
February 20, 2026
The biggest lie in AI-assisted development
Better specs don’t fix AI projects. Context decay does. SR-SI compresses architectural memory into a shallow index the AI consults and maintains to prevent drift.
February 20, 2026
The moat hiding in plain sight is memory
General AI is stateless by design. The durable moat is structural memory — a system that reconstructs context on demand and compounds coherence over time.