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Stemma
Frontier models know RAG techniques, but that isn't enough for production systems in high-risk fields like law, regulation, finance, and healthcare.
Started ~Dec 2025 · in progress · build
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FAA Directive Impact
FAA orders name engine models, but only some of those engines need the work. Sorting out which ones, starting with a single engine family.
Started Sep 2026 · in progress · build
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Mise
Keeps the pantry, spice drawer, and equipment on file for ChatGPT, down to the half jar of tahini, so dinner gets planned from what is actually there.
Sep 2026 · build
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FDA Guidance Diff
Lines up two versions of an FDA guidance, sometimes eighteen years apart, and sorts each change as tighter, looser, clearer, or new.
Jan 2026 · build
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Campaign Intel
Searches thirty-seven focus-group transcripts from two election cycles by what was meant, not the words used, grouped by who was in the room.
Jan 2026 · build
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SEC Risk Analyzer
The part of an annual report where companies list what could go wrong. Search five years of it from five large companies and see what quietly changed.
Dec 2025 · build
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401(k) Plan Advisor
A reader for 401(k) paperwork that knows 'can I buy stocks' and 'self-directed brokerage window' are the same question.
Dec 2025 · build
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Liar's Dice Engine
Liar's Dice, it turns out, needs no AI, only a player who knows the odds. This one beat 77 of 80 opponent setups across 32.4 million rounds.
Nov 2025 · build
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The Pavilion Designed for an America That No Longer Exists
At Expo 2025, the USA unveiled a vision of collaborative optimism—just as the country pivoted toward isolation.
Nov 2025 · essay
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The New Waldorf Astoria: So Why Does It Feel Like Trespassing?
On the restored clock, the disappeared crowds, and what happens when public landmarks become private amenities.
Oct 2025 · essay
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The Second Kitchen is Bringing Back Refreshing Rooms
How the 'back kitchen' became the most authentic room in the house.
Oct 2025 · essay
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We've Replaced Aesthetic Judgment with Aesthetic Insurance
The Vice in Consensus and Price and Exclusivity
Oct 2025 · essay
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The Radium Campaign
How Marie Mattingly Meloney executed the most successful fundraising campaign in America to that date.
Aug 2025 · essay
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The Game Has Changed
How AI is reshaping what it means to learn and be knowledgeable in the modern world.
Jun 2025 · essay
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AI Study Group
Three AI agents with different temperaments work through a topic by leaving notes for one another, and stop when they agree.
Apr 2025 · build
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Concept-to-Page
Describe a product and a landing page comes back in about three minutes, researched enough to avoid the generic and rough enough to argue with.
Apr 2025 · build
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As Traffic Noise Increases, Birds Choose Confrontation Over Communication
Galápagos yellow warblers adapt their territorial behaviors when human noise interferes with their songs.
Mar 2025 · essay
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Understanding Your Dog May Be Harder Than You Think
We tend to ignore the dog when identifying emotions and instead focus on the situation.
Mar 2025 · essay
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Think Twice before Squashing Ants—Their Colony Might Remember You
Ants recognize attackers and previously encountered threats through their unique smells.
Jan 2025 · essay
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Lizards are Facing Rising Costs, but it's Not the Price of Eggs Stressing Them Out
Rising temperatures have kept lizards out of the desert hunting grounds, leaving them hotter and hungrier.
Jan 2025 · essay
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Pluto’s “Kiss and Capture” of its Largest Moon, Charon, Reveals a New Type of Planetary Collision
Charon May Have Been with Pluto Since the Beginning, and a New Simulation Shows How
Jan 2025 · essay