Building real systems with AI, from first principles.
I've spent two decades on the parts of systems that have to hold weight — and lately, on building real things with AI the same way. Load-Bearing is where I write down what actually works: the structural stuff underneath the demos, not the demos. No hype, no slop — just the load-bearing parts, with the exact structures and tools I use so you can take them.
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Personal & Family: Giving Your Life Its Own Corner of the Vault
Your vault isn't only for the things you build. Here's how I gave my family its own walled section — and the one rule that keeps your worlds from leaking into each other.
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Use It Anywhere: One Memory, Every AI Tool
Your owned vault is portable by design — here's how to load it into any assistant, and the one rule that makes it work.
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How I Filled the AI's Memory With Knowledge I Already Had
The extract-and-compile workflow that turns scattered history into a vault
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