Essays
Why a personal AI should remember, act, and stay yours.
A memory you can see
AI memory you can't inspect is a liability wearing a convenience costume. The alternative is memory as a visible, editable graph — see it, correct it, prune it, own it.
2026-06-11
Cognitive debt
Every context-window reset is an interest payment. What it costs to keep re-explaining yourself to tools that forget — and what it looks like when a tool finally remembers.
2026-06-11
Why Petals exists
Big AI optimizes for engagement and lock-in. I wanted something that worked for me instead — a calm tool that knows my life because I chose to share it.
2026-06-11