Archive - Accumulated

The most expensive engineering argument of 2026 isn't an engineering question

Build your own AI model or wrap the API — the worked decision brief, with a verdict.

Jul 11 • John Whitman

May 2026

I Built Karpathy's LLM Wiki Before He Published It

Andrej Karpathy independently validated my architecture. His version is better.

May 6 • John Whitman

April 2026

I didn't mean to give my AI a name

On memory, identity, and the moment a tool becomes something else

Apr 24 • John Whitman

Identity Is a Landscape

Notes on building autonomous AI systems

Apr 22 • John Whitman

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