Phronesis
Why Phronesis is already in v3 (and still not a store parade)
Version numbers went up because the product kept earning generations and evolving. A public "1.0" parade waits on honesty, not on a cooler logo.
Notes from the studio
Engineering, craft, and the occasional calendar collision.
AI
Vibe coding vs AI-assisted coding (and which one I actually do)
One is prompting until it "feels" right. The other is using mdoels as force multipliers while you still own the design, the diff, and the blast radius. I do the second.
AI
After the escape: “controls,” a kill switch bill, and a voluntary framework
Part 1 was the incident. This is the Capitol week after: an introduced kill-switch bill, “we’re looking at controls,” and a White House meeting that finalized a voluntary frontier-review framework - not mandatory licensing. Instruments vs vibes, again.
AI
Semi-automated job search (SQLite + CLI + agents)
Spreadsheets were lying to me. So I built a local job-search tracker my agents can update — SQLite, a CLI, daily/weekly reports, and a real Analytics dash so my feelings can’t gaslight the week. Yes, I’m a nerd. We’ve covered this.
Phronesis
Phronesis – where it stands
Real software on my machine. Not a waitlist costume. Here's the honest status without a fake launch calendar.
AI
Designing agents is mostly job design (and a little prompt writing)
System prompts matter. Routing matters more. If everyone is "the AI," you don't have a team. You have a blender.
craft
Why do theater so far away when there are local groups?
Straight answer: I grew up there, I learned the craft there, and once or twice a year I get to make shows with people I love in a century-old outdoor theater in the woods
craft
How being a music director and a technical leader actually relate
Not a forced metaphor. Parallel jobs: keep a living program coherent while the room changes under you.
engineering
The sky is a log file: Rubin starts a ten-year alert stream
Pretty pictures still matter. The bigger shift is that the southern sky is becoming a continuous event stream, with data releases on a clock.
AI
Models, August 2026: price wars, daily drivers, and what I actually pick
As of 2026-08-01. First of a roughly monthly lane: what moved, what I’m still clicking, and why “best model” is the wrong question.