Building systems that reason. Writing about AI, Web3, and software engineering.
Replace style copying with principled search: explore a multi-dimensional voice space and use Pareto-optimal selection to shape an original AI voice.
Read Full Post →Upgrading 8-Bit Oracle's Hexagram 24: Return with Proust's famous involuntary memory scene, then systematically testing 12 diverse AI image models through fal.ai to find which one actually captures that precise moment when past and present collapse together.
A three-day journey through Twitter API v2, v1.1, OAuth, rate limits, and the gradual acceptance that you can't actually hack your way around free-tier constraints
A technical post-mortem on why WordPress's REST API is theoretically elegant but practically unusable for CI/CD, how SiteGround's security theater blocks legitimate automation, and why SSH + WP-CLI is the uncomfortable truth about 'modern' CMS workflows.
How we learned to stop worrying and love the binary calendar. On deleting databases, removing cron jobs, and discovering that the oracle was encoded in the date all along.
What we actually ship in 8-Bit Oracle today: JSONB conversations, hexagram context, and Postgres views — plus why we didn't adopt Neo4j, MemMachine, or mem0 (yet).
I'm a builder specializing in AI-powered experiences and Web3 through Digital Rain Studios. Currently working on 8-Bit Oracle (tech-noir I-Ching) and the QDayAnon Content Engine (AI research platform).
I build everything AI-assisted and write about the technical challenges along the way. Find me on X or GitHub.