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Claude Is Scary Too
When “Safer” AI Starts Asking the Wrong Questions
Apr 26 • Stephen Pao
On Repeating Patterns
A small story about AI, fabric, and writing things down precisely
Apr 22 • Stephen Pao
A Spring Catch-Up
Meals, milestones, and a couple of things that didn’t quite work
Apr 5 • Stephen Pao
Separating Meaning from Voice in Product Marketing
How AI enables a clearer division of responsibilities, and where that division breaks down
Mar 16 • Stephen Pao
Vibe Coding in Practice
What building a real scheduling tool taught me
Mar 8 • Stephen Pao
The Unreliable Assistant
Notes from the bleeding edge of AI deployment
Mar 2 • Stephen Pao
Running OpenClaw AI
Three tradeoffs I did not expect
Feb 22 • Stephen Pao
I Switched My Internet Provider
It Will Not Be Enough
Feb 15 • Stephen Pao
Teaching a New Assistant How to Be Useful
Lessons from a day of configuring OpenClaw permissions and constraints
Feb 13 • Stephen Pao
AT&T, ICE, and My Internet
Why I May Leave QuantumFiber
Feb 3 • Stephen Pao
An Accidental AI Convert
There is hope even for a Retired Techie
Jan 31 • Stephen Pao
Limitations of Apple Music
And how I work around them
Dec 22, 2025 • Stephen Pao
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