Trusted Sources
On the faint hope that networks of trust might emerge from the noise and restore some sense of orientation
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on February 18th, 2026
Argues that recommender systems are vile and that we are drowning in slop, and that the latter is almost good thing, as we are forced to draw a line. The proposed remedy is to consume only content from creators we have direct relationships with, valuing who made it and how.
Running in Circles
Extra lightweight agent “orchestration“. A variation on the Ralph Wiggum theme
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on February 18th, 2026
Timebased Publishing
Publishing platform meets version control [Whitepaper]
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on January 15th, 2026
The Purpose of a System
... is what you (can) do with it
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on January 14th, 2026
The Spark of Truth
On connoisseurship and provenance in the age of AI
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on January 12th, 2026
Personalist
An integrated universe of personal encyclopedias [Whitepaper]
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 27th, 2025
Relations All the Way Down
How philosophy can help us explore the design space in data modelling
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 26th, 2025
Category Theory and Knowledge Databases
The “argument from interoperability” for why knowledge might be consistent only locally
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 25th, 2025
Rhizome
A “total recall” note-taking and content-management and -archival system for Superhuman Memory [Whitepaper]
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 25th, 2025
Mindless Drones
AI and the future of work
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 18th, 2025
Big Ball of Mud vs. Your Coding Agent
A reflection on code quality, and why AI-assisted coding shifts the source of truth to tests
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 7th, 2025
Source of Truth in SWE
Discussion of a common thought pattern
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 6th, 2025
Hallucination & Facticity
Do AIs Dream Up Sheep?
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 26th, 2025
Sphere - Whitepaper
Give agents a stateful environment. Let writing scripts be their only tool, focusing on their native strength.
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 22nd, 2025
Taking the Toys Away
The negative approach to agentic coding
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 22nd, 2025
The Triangulation Method
Dan on Testing - Part 2
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on October 22nd, 2025
Testing Functional Requirements
Dan on Testing - Part 1
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on October 19th, 2025
Here to Stay
On the merits of agentic coding
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on August 11th, 2025
New tool in the box
Where we are with AI-aided programming
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on August 3rd, 2025
From Scientific Method To Consensus
Discussion of Paul Feyerabend‘s Against Method and its ultimate ineffectiveness to weaken Science‘s hegemony
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on June 28th, 2025
Models are Predictive Simulations
About the meaning of the word “model”
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on June 21st, 2025
Best Way to Live
Local knowledge in Daniel Everett‘s “Don‘t Sleep, There are Snakes - Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle”
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on May 25th, 2025
Small functions and the amazing “extract function” refactoring.
In which it is explained that we sometimes overlook the tiny things that make a huge difference
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 10th, 2024
What Kind of Thing Is an Object?
About Objects, Identity, Existence, Unity and Boundaries
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on July 30th, 2023
Schisms, schisms, and more schisms
On the phenomenon of polarisation, seen through an epistemological lense
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on July 19th, 2023
Categories and Conflict
How persons and groups possess different hierarchies of categories and how that either connects or separates them
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on July 15th, 2023
Can We Grasp Truth As A Whole
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on June 11th, 2023
Haskell Tutorial
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.net on April 12th, 2023
Clojure Tutorial
Latest version 1 published on March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.net on May 6th, 2022