2025
Breadboard and Opal
Just over two years ago, I landed the first commit in a fresh Github repo and started the Breadboard project. The innocuous “Here is a graph” title of that commit already pointed to where I wanted to go – a…
Machine Thinking
I’ll begin with an overly simplistic metaphor. Let’s visualize a ball rolling down a shallow slope. Driven by gravity, it’s seeking the easiest path down. Except the slope is full of ridges, channels, and nubs, and they make the ball…
Recipes for Thought
I’d like to present to you a distinction: two different approaches I take when using large language models (LLMs). I’ll call these two approaches “chat” and “recipe”.