Raw lab notes, served fresh.

The log is where I put what I've done with my time, rather than catagorizing and writing like the rest of the site. Don't expect polished, fact-checked work, but hopefully expect something cool.

An entry should take ten minutes to write:

• Trying: what I was trying to do
• Happened: what actually happened
• Means: what I think it means, concretely or metaphorically
• Next: What I do next

"House rules":

• At least one entry should go in per week, if I don't, you can {yell} at me :P
• Write down what I'd have said out loud if someone was in the room
• No meta-website work unless I've kept the log up to date!!!
• Maybe things will come out and into the wider website, but that'll take a bit.
• Potentially, one longer-form piece a "quarter"

log august 2026

2026-08-14

• Trying: I'm working on making everything I do better. So I got some feedback from friends about my {latest blog post}.
• Happened: I got the feedback, and reworked some stuff. My tone was pretty inconsistent, and that's something to nail down. Also, not everyone know how my website works lol.
• Means: I'm getting better at recieving feedback, especially creatively and from people I admire, but it feels way better.
• Next: Keep working, keep getting feedback, keep writing!

2026-08-13

• Trying: Today was a bunch of reviewing!
• Happened: I helped Alex hammer down some UX stuff in the dashboard.
• Means: No big meaning, but a nice experience.
• Next: More abstract stuff to come...

2026-08-12

• Trying: Refining our ideas here at the office to get to 200 WP/month/gap year!
• Happened: The retreat was great, the lightning talks were great, and I have a much better idea now than a week ago.
• Means: Ideating with other people IRL/online is extremely useful still, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
• Next: Finish up the ideas, and actually get to building!

2026-08-11

• Trying: Still working on "pErSoNaL BrAnD", and I'm working towards projects for that 20 WP for this month.
• Happened: Had a lovely chat with [Ivy Reese] and talked about how I can convey myself as a person through the things I make.
• Means: I've got to actually start writing, y'all! Get something out there! Maybe ask Chee what she thinks...
• Next: Dude I'm 19 I have so much "next".

2026-08-10

• Trying: Getting my WPs up. Currently I'm sitting at like, 4, which is not ideal, I want 25 by the end of the month.
• Happened: This is mostly because I haven't been able to market my programs as successfully as other gap years, so I'm worse off.
• Means: I'll have to try and get involved in bigger things, like [stardance] and whatever comes after that!
• Next: I'm reaching out to coworkers, and getting involved in other programs :)

2026-08-08

• Trying: I'm trying to make the lamplight layouting engine feel really intuitive.
• Happened: I think this is the kind of thing that needs to be prototyped with paper, I just can't use words to say how it should feel.
• Means: Determinisitic masonary algorithms are needed, but I want to keep them as dumb as possible, so I need to figure out what the real constraints are...
• Next: Prototype it with paper, and figure out what I'm actually doing when I play with it.

2026-08-07

• Trying: I wanted to load a real big note.
• Happened: It overflowed :( So I did a big bug-fix pass
• Means: Probably should let the Lamplight engine settle and play with it some more.
• Next: More bug finding!

2026-08-06

• Trying: To Sleep
• Happened: Didn't sleep, [book] too good :P
• Means: I should go to bed sooner
• Next: Go to sleep

2026-08-05

• Trying: I want to start marketting my work more, get more people to see it. I've put some little demo teasers in the FoC slack and on bsky.
• Happened: Bsky isn't really taking off, the FoC stuff got some good reactions, that's nice!
• Means: I need to connect more on bsky. It does have an algorithm, but it isn't as powerful as say, twitter's, so maybe some boosts and following more people will help.
• Next: Try and figure out how to get that out there! This'll also help with YSWS marketting.

2026-08-04

• Trying: I'm working on "what if [realtalk] and [Datalog] had a baby and it was a note-taking app. I wanted to make something in the system now that it works decently well.
• Happened: The traditional "family tree" things have been surprisingly fun to play with, especially with the interactive "why" command.
• Means: I think this means that the magic of this system is the magic of realtalk, when parts that weren't designed for eachother come together real well
• Next: Find a workflow for this that actually is improved by using Lamplight, as I'm calling it.

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