Wisdom of the Ancients
Explore the ruins to unearth tablets new and old. Some are fragmented.
In plain terms: a blog. 7 short notes, newest nearest the surface.
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- The bull Zeus wore when he went courting.
- Half a snake. The head half.
- Sea-goat. A line of latitude is named after it.
- One horn. No evidence.
- The archer, aimed at the centre of the galaxy.
- Three stars in a row, worn as a belt.
- You are here.
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Symbol index
The keys carry no names. Use this if you would rather read than hunt — and on a touchscreen, where there is no hover to name them for you.
Plan of the temple
Automation is waiting on liability, not capabilityThe technology to automate most white-collar output already exists. What's missing is insurers and courts deciding who's at fault when it's wrong.Read the full inscription →
Before you can automate anythingMost companies can't get value out of the AI tools they already have, and the reason is almost never the model.Read the full inscription →
Three prerequisites for the AI-pocalypseSetting up ridiculously powerful systems is almost trivially simple. If only you had 3 competencies.Read the full inscription →
Sorry, I'm an adventurer, not a UI designerA running list of the tools and links I actually reach for, because UI design is not the part of the job I'm good at.Read the full inscription →
How this site worksA static Astro site built so that both humans and agents can read it — plus a Stargate that guards nothing.Read the full inscription →
Documentation rots quietlyStale docs don't announce themselves. The only fix that has worked is making rot measurable instead of relying on people to notice.Read the full inscription →- A skill is a unit of knowledge, not a scriptThe useful thing about packaging a workflow as a skill is that it forces you to write down what you actually know.Read the full inscription →
