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A living collection of things we're making, learning, tasting, and following. Dispatches from every perspective in our house of projects.
Most 'Second Brain' systems fail because the maintenance overhead exceeds the value. Here is how we turned our Obsidian vault into an invisible, headless memory engine for our AI workers—and why we open-sourced the starter kit.
In a woodshop, when an off-the-shelf tool doesn’t make the cut, you don’t buy a factory. You make a jig. That’s how we build software at Camwyn & Co.
After 28 years of marriage, this could either be our best idea yet or provide excellent material for this newsletter.
When your wife of nearly thirty years asks a late-night question that starts a company, you don’t jump to pitch decks. You map the dependencies.
All of our venture work has lived in private repositories. Why we decided to make the source code for our house of projects completely public.
In traditional bookmaking, the colophon was a quiet note of accountability at the back of the volume. Why we still name our tools and reveal the joinery.
Large, shaggy, watchful - and far more complicated than a picturesque pasture suggests.
Older women do not become invisible. People simply become accustomed to looking past us...and calling us difficult when we demand better.
On full glasses, unhurried meals, and why the best part of gathering usually begins after dinner.
Heritage animals, muddy boots, artificial intelligence, and one Gen X woman trying to build her dreams one day at a time.
Not every good idea arrives with a blueprint. Here is what we are learning about protecting space for the unfinished.
Efficiency is fine for errands, but terrible for discovery. Why our best ventures started as happy detours.
How complementary instincts turn fragile sparks into durable, exciting ventures.
Why ordinary moments carry the deepest meaning, and how passing stories down keeps good ideas alive.
Why great engineering leadership isn't about directing from the front, but building the invisible infrastructure that allows diverse personalities to thrive.
What dealing with the irregular geometry of an 1800s farmhouse kitchen taught me about analyzing the bones of enterprise codebases.
Standing on the threshold between enterprise tech and rural stewardship—reflecting on AI, operational observation, and the power of an intentional pause.
Managing the Friday night dinner rush at a high-volume sub shop taught me more about real-time triage and throughput logistics than any business framework.
Arriving in tech with a threshold view: why the most resilient architectures are built on people systems, psychological safety, and managing the mission.
In commercial real estate appraisal, you learn to look past fresh paint and staging to audit historical ledgers, income streams, and structural foundations.
A non-linear journey from high-velocity kitchens and commercial appraisal to global engineering management and North Country homestead stewardship.
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