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16
Apr
Elaborate vintage industrial control room with gauges, wheels, and an ornate red control panel

I Built a Personal Assistant. I Use a Search Box.

So I built myself a Personal Assistant. Capital P, capital A. A few months of work. Autonomous routines, email triage,
6 min read
04
Mar
A woman reaching for a book on a library shelf, searching through rows of colorful spines

Teaching a Knowledge Base to Search: From Vector Miss to Hybrid Hit

I searched for "Fredrik Haard" and got back a conversation about exploratory testing philosophy. Not wrong, exactly. Fredrik
8 min read
24
Feb
A beagle on a leash, mid-stride, pulling forward eagerly through green grass

I Called Them Suggestions. There Was a Reason.

About a year ago I started building a personal assistant. Not a chatbot, not a wrapper around an API. A
6 min read
17
Feb
Tenniel's White Rabbit from The Nursery Alice, checking his pocket watch in a hurry

I Removed the Friction. That Was the Problem.

Over Christmas break 2025, I built a personal knowledge base. I wrote about that. What I didn't write
7 min read
11
Feb
Wooden card catalog drawers with metal labels — a memory system you can touch

I Gave My AI a Memory

I had a dream. Not the inspirational kind. A practical, slightly obsessive dream that had been nagging me for years.
7 min read
09
Feb
A conductor seen from behind, arms extended, directing an orchestra during a performance. Photo by Pierre Goiffon on Unsplash.

Beyond Vibe Coding

Over Christmas break 2025, I built a personal knowledge base. Not a notes app. Not a RAG app. A memory
7 min read