The logbook / 2026
100 notes
from the build.
What I have made, what I am learning and the questions I am carrying into the future of AI. These short pieces were compiled from dated project records and published together on 28 September 2026. They are not backdated diary entries. The AI pieces are working views, with links to Dario Amodei’s original writing where it informs the question.
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Business
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001A website is a doorBusiness002One real job firstBusiness003The waitlist questionBusiness004What a booking flow teachesBusiness005Make the fee visibleBusiness006A founder can change his mindBusiness007The danger of another landing pageBusiness008Galway is a good testBusiness009What I can honestly showBusiness010Scope before softwareBusiness011What counts as a customer resultBusiness012The repeat questionBusiness013Services need supplyBusiness014A smaller sales sentenceBusiness015The founder as first support deskBusiness016Building is easy to countBusiness017A prototype has a jobBusiness018Why I keep dated notesBusiness019One to one is a better starting pointBusiness020The business behind the buildBusiness
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Founders
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021Why I started the podcastFounders022Ask about the first decisionFounders023The value of a wrong turnFounders024The room mattersFounders025Prepare to listenFounders026One question after the answerFounders027A conversation is a product tooFounders028No invented momentumFounders029The founder behind the titleFounders030What I want from a networkFounders031Ask for a real exampleFounders032A small audience can still matterFounders033Leave the easy question behindFounders034The courage to follow upFounders035What a guest gives meFounders036Learning in publicFounders037A clip is a doorwayFounders038The question I keep askingFounders039People before processFounders040What I hope an episode leaves behindFounders
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Apps
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041Shrink has a clear jobApps042On-device mattersApps043The share sheet is part of the productApps044The free limit should be understandableApps045Store screenshots are promisesApps046A simulator is a useful limitApps047A game in one gestureApps048A submission is not a releaseApps049EGG began with a walkApps050A map game needs a real mapApps051Larpy asks for proofApps052A pet should not become a bossApps053Three lanes are enoughApps054Speaking has to be out loudApps055A language tool should correct kindlyApps056Rules before a travel answerApps057The honest unsure stateApps058One useful prototype at a timeApps059What a tool list really meansApps060The release has a second halfApps
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Games
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061Two minutes of LIGHTS OUTGames062A rule should change behaviourGames063The public join testGames064What a thumbnail owes the playerGames065Steal a Star has a clockGames066Bank it or risk itGames067An obby needs a readable fallGames068The useful kind of absurdGames069Design for the next attemptGames070The feel is part of the ruleGames071Sun Die needs quietGames072A world starts with one placeGames073The opening is a promiseGames074Art direction is a constraintGames075Roblox is a real release surfaceGames076A game can be small and completeGames077The difference between art and proofGames078Studio is not the playerGames079One memorable turnGames080Play the thing that existsGames
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AI future
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081AI makes starting cheapAI future082The next interface is a receiptAI future083Long tasks need checkpointsAI future084A better model is only one partAI future085Optimism needs a routeAI future086Speed asks for judgmentAI future087The safety question belongs in the productAI future088I want AI to say unsureAI future089Interpretability will matter to buyersAI future090Audit trails for agentsAI future091Pacing is a design decisionAI future092The future will have more buildersAI future093Local businesses deserve specific AIAI future094The model cannot meet the customerAI future095Work and meaning stay openAI future096Who gets the benefit?AI future097Policy moves at another speedAI future098Games will get easier to makeAI future099More content is not more truthAI future100My working AI forecastAI future