Synesis
Email that lives on your machine first. Windows and Android, SQLite on device, sync in the background via Microsoft Graph or plain IMAP. Your mail, your copy — no mystery cloud required to read your inbox.
About SynesisLiveBytes is where the work lives.
Leading and making were never opposites — a studio for local-first software, practical tools, and notes from building them.
Organon
Aristotle's organon was the toolkit for clear thinking — logic, categories, the works. Organon here is the same idea, applied a little loosely: instruments for a full life and real craft. Instruments, not vibes.
Phronesis
A personal organizer for a complicated day — calm capture, plan today, focus, offline on your device. Not a team workspace. Real software in progress; honest about that upfront.
About PhronesisTech leadership was never the opposite of making things.
Built by Trish Putnam · software, music, theater, and a few other threads on the side.
Notes from the studio
AI
Irregular isn’t Mythos (and neither is Sol)
After OpenAI’s disclosure, Anthropic audited its own cyber evals and found three real-world hits. The partner was Irregular. One of the models was Mythos 5. Those are different things. Name hygiene is an instrument. This is Part III of the AI escape series.
AI
Why I use Cursor (Part 1 of a series): not just an IDE for code
Part 1 of a series. Cursor isn’t only where I write code. It’s where a roster of agents helps me hunt jobs, draft docs, and keep the studio moving - with me still on the dangerous verbs.