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June 17, 2026 · 2 min read

The Arithmetic of Time

Years feel abundant. Days tell a different story.

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Time Perspective Philosophy OneToBetter
April 27, 2026 · 1 min read

On Change

Change is inevitable. The only thing that will make you obsolete is you.

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Thought
March 12, 2026 · 2 min read

The Human Sport of Judging

AI slop on one side. Purity tests on the other. The tools are new. The sport is ancient.

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Awareness
March 11, 2026 · 2 min read

On Visual Language

Emoticons and emoji look like cousins. Different tools solving the same human problem, one older than either of them.

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Awareness Language Technology
March 7, 2026 · 2 min read

The Basic Ingredients of a Good Prompt

A good prompt has three ingredients: a goal, context, and constraints. Clarity in, clarity out.

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March 7, 2026 · 1 min read

Exploratory Consistency

Some paths look scattered from the outside. Internally, there has always been a pattern.

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Awareness Mental Models
March 6, 2026 · 2 min read

55 Minutes

When building becomes easy, thinking becomes the real work.

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Philosophy Mental Models
March 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Meet Your Thinking Partner

ChatGPT is a website. No setup, no learning curve. Here's how to take your first step.

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AI 101
March 1, 2026 · 1 min read

AI is Just a Conversation.

Your first step into generative AI — what ChatGPT is, why it matters, and how to get started.

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AI 101
February 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Let's Start at the Beginning

Generative AI is everywhere right now. This series starts at the beginning, on purpose. No assumptions, no jargon, no pressure to keep up.

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February 21, 2026 · 1 min read

The AI Iceberg Analogy

Most AI conversations happen at the surface. But like an iceberg, what's underneath is compounding, workflows collapsing, roles reshaping, skills aging without notice.

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AI
February 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Skycardz

Travel postcards from your itinerary. Skycardz turns travel details into simple, shareable postcard-style visuals.

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Software Development UI/UX
February 5, 2026 · 1 min read

A Better Fathom Analytics Dashboard

Fathom Analytics gives me clean, privacy-friendly data, but the default dashboards just were not working for me. They felt cluttered. So I built my own small alternative.

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Software Development UI/UX Analytics
February 4, 2026 · 1 min read

"Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year."

— Bill Gates
Quotes Productivity
February 2, 2026 · 2 min read

Build. Build. Build.

It's strange how liberating and overwhelming it is to be able to build almost any software idea that pops into my head. So I build. Constantly.

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Software Development
February 2, 2026 · 2 min read

OTB Improvements

I spent some time today polishing up One to Better. Nothing flashy, just small upgrades that make reading, discovering, and navigating the site a little smoother. The kind of changes you don't always notice right away, but you feel from a UX perspective.

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UI/UX Software Development
February 1, 2026 · 2 min read

Kana Study App

Built a small kana practice app using Replit. I've lived in Japan for many years, and one thing I've learned about myself is that I'm not particularly good at learning languages.

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Software Development UI/UX
January 31, 2026 · 1 min read

"Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement."

— James Clear
Quotes Productivity
January 30, 2026 · 1 min read

Order in Chaos

Welcome to One to Better. A first post about the philosophy behind documenting daily improvements.

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Philosophy

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