Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on February 18th, 2026
# March 30th, 2026
On the faint hope that networks of trust might emerge from the noise and restore some sense of orientation
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on February 18th, 2026
Extra lightweight agent “orchestration“. A variation on the Ralph Wiggum theme
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on January 15th, 2026
Publishing platform meets version control [Whitepaper]
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on January 14th, 2026
... is what you (can) do with it
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on January 12th, 2026
On connoisseurship and provenance in the age of AI
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 27th, 2025
An integrated universe of personal encyclopedias [Whitepaper]
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 26th, 2025
How philosophy can help us explore the design space in data modelling
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 25th, 2025
Category Theory and Knowledge Databases →
The “argument from interoperability” for why knowledge might be consistent only locally
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 25th, 2025
A “total recall” note-taking and content-management and -archival system for Superhuman Memory [Whitepaper]
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 18th, 2025
AI and the future of work
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 7th, 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
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on December 6th, 2025
Discussion of a common thought pattern
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 26th, 2025
Do AIs Dream Up Sheep?
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 22nd, 2025
Give agents a stateful environment. Let writing scripts be their only tool, focusing on their native strength.
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 22nd, 2025
The negative approach to agentic coding
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on October 22nd, 2025
Dan on Testing - Part 2
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on October 19th, 2025
Testing Functional Requirements →
Dan on Testing - Part 1
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on August 11th, 2025
On the merits of agentic coding
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on August 3rd, 2025
Where we are with AI-aided programming
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on June 28th, 2025
From Scientific Method To Consensus →
Discussion of Paul Feyerabend‘s Against Method and its ultimate ineffectiveness to weaken Science‘s hegemony
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on June 21st, 2025
Models are Predictive Simulations →
About the meaning of the word “model”
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on May 25th, 2025
Local knowledge in Daniel Everett‘s “Don‘t Sleep, There are Snakes - Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle”
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on November 10th, 2024
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
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on July 30th, 2023
What Kind of Thing Is an Object? →
About Objects, Identity, Existence, Unity and Boundaries
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on July 19th, 2023
Schisms, schisms, and more schisms →
On the phenomenon of polarisation, seen through an epistemological lense
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on July 15th, 2023
How persons and groups possess different hierarchies of categories and how that either connects or separates them
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.substack.com on June 11th, 2023
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.net on April 12th, 2023
# March 30th, 2026
Originally published on eighttrigrams.net on May 6th, 2022