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Fractals Self-similar patterns that repeat at every scale, from rivers and coastlines to software, organisations and ideas; the lens behind much of this site.
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Topic AI-assisted engineering AI for operations AI platforms Applied security Chess Cryptocurrency Cybernetics Distributed systems Edge systems Energy Enterprise architecture Finance Game AI Games Geography Go History Insurance Life sciences Literature Machine learning Mathematics The open web Operating systems Philosophy Physics Platform automation Policy Programming languages Reliability Semiconductors Shogi Simulation Sovereignty StarCraft Synthetic biology
Technology Durable execution Elixir GPUs Haskell Kubernetes Linux OpenBSD OpenTelemetry Pingora Rust TypeScript WebAssembly Zola
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2026 Oct 31 Agents explore the rugged world; workflows are what exploration leaves behind. Chess, StarCraft, a factory under the sea, and why I build an engine.
Agents Game AI Fractals Abstraction Determinism Durable execution Trust Factories Post-scarcity Legibility Finance Insurance Chess Go StarCraft
Oct 31 The idea I have carried longest: the same patterns recur at every scale. When something holds at three scales, it is usually something real about the world.
Fractals Abstraction Emergence Science fiction Chaos theory Physics