# Wisdom of the Ancients

Short, freeform notes by Stella Ellervee. The site calls them "tablets"; they are ordinary blog posts.

## [Automation is waiting on liability, not capability](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/automation-is-waiting-on-liability.md)

*13 Sept 2026*

The 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.

## [Before you can automate anything](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/before-you-can-automate-anything.md)

*13 Sept 2026*

Most companies can't get value out of the AI tools they already have, and the reason is almost never the model.

## [Three prerequisites for the AI-pocalypse](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/three-prerequisites-for-the-ai-apocalypse.md)

*13 Sept 2026*

Setting up ridiculously powerful systems is almost trivially simple. If only you had 3 competencies.

## [Sorry, I'm an adventurer, not a UI designer](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/ui-design-resources.md)

*12 Sept 2026*

A 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.

## [How this site works](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/how-this-site-works.md)

*7 Sept 2026*

A static Astro site built so that both humans and agents can read it — plus a Stargate that guards nothing.

## [Documentation rots quietly](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/documentation-rots-quietly.md)

*28 Aug 2026*

Stale docs don't announce themselves. The only fix that has worked is making rot measurable instead of relying on people to notice.

## [A skill is a unit of knowledge, not a script](https://stella.ellerv.ee/notes/a-skill-is-a-unit-of-knowledge.md)

*30 Jul 2026*

The useful thing about packaging a workflow as a skill is that it forces you to write down what you actually know.

Estonian version: https://stella.ellerv.ee/et/notes.md