A Real Second Brain The idea of a “second brain” is simple. An external place to put thoughts, notes, ideas, and fragments of work, so your actual brain can focus on thinking and deciding instead of remembering. In theory, this is how knowledge compounds instead of disappearing. I have liked this idea for a long time. It is why I used Microsoft OneNote for years, and later moved to Obsidian. ...
CV Match: Why I Built It, What I Refused to Build, and What I Learned After 100 Real Users A Small Number, a Real Moment CV Match has been out in the world for a few months now. I almost didn’t notice when it crossed 100 installations. That number, by itself, is not impressive. It is small. Almost trivial. What made me stop was not the number, but the realization that this thing actually existed in the hands of people I did not know. Real users, not personas. Real decisions, not demos. ...