#architecture
On the architecture of systems, software, and the ideas that shape them.

The OSI Model as Manifesto
· 8 min read · Essay
The seven layers of networking have been telling us something about the nature of reality since 1984. Events all the way down — literally.

Verne and the Identity-Repo Pattern: How AI Agents Remember
· 5 min read · Essay
The identity-repo pattern: an agent's memory and its cognitive engine are separable. What this looks like in practice — and why it matters more than it sounds.

Conceptual Document: The Chronicle of Franklin Baldo
· 5 min read · Essay
In May 2024 I wrote a spec for a system that would document my intellectual life automatically. Here is that spec, and what I was thinking.