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Perspectives and Insights

Long-form thinking and shorter notes on photography, software, business, and the AI tools I build with.

Field notes on AI and robotics — what's shipping, what's hype, and what it's actually good for. A fair amount on China, since that's where I'm sitting, but not only that: software, first-hand engineering, the business of building, and now and then something with nothing to do with any of it.

The Schedules screen in Hermes One — empty state with a prompt to create the first task
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Setting Up a Scheduled Task in Hermes

Learn how to create a scheduled task in Hermes so your AI agent runs automatically on a timer — no manual triggering required.

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The Obsidian welcome screen showing options to create or open a vault
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Setting Up Obsidian with Hermes One

Learn how to install Obsidian, create a vault, and let Hermes One automatically build a full PKM structure — then put it to work finding research for your MBA thesis.

The Hermes One welcome screen with the Get Started button.
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Setting Up Hermes: A Step-by-Step Guide

A beginner-friendly walkthrough for installing the Hermes local AI agent, patching the common incomplete install, and wiring up a provider (Kimi and MiniMax) — with every screen shown in order.