Building & Breaking
I Gave an LLM My Inbox
On building flimap — a Go MCP server that gives an AI agent read/write access to a Protonmail Bridge inbox over IMAP and SMTP.
Thinking
Notes on software, systems, and what I'm actually thinking about — written as I work through it, not on a schedule. AI sometimes helps get a concept into words faster; what's published is always true, and it gets revised on the fly when a better version of the idea shows up, sometimes starting as three words on a notepad by the bed. No SEO, no editorial calendar, no audience to perform for.
Building & Breaking
Which Pipe to Bang On
On the old pipe-banging story, an agent's hardening sweep, and the one pipe in the system nobody could hit but me.
Thinking Machines
Horse Questions
On horse questions, tractor questions, and the real skill of telling an AI no.