http://localhost:1313/field-notes/ Recent content in Field notes on Ask Good Questions Hugo en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/field-notes/the-moment-i-realized-the-ai-needed-the-rules-first/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/field-notes/the-moment-i-realized-the-ai-needed-the-rules-first/ I let an AI session slide from discussion into implementation without first loading the project rules. It immediately began drifting toward its own idea of improvement. http://localhost:1313/field-notes/audit-not-another-patch/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/field-notes/audit-not-another-patch/ A short field note about how easy it is to drift into productive-looking work that is not actually the work. http://localhost:1313/field-notes/the-day-claude-told-me-to-take-a-nap/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/field-notes/the-day-claude-told-me-to-take-a-nap/ <p>by Charles Edmonds</p> <p>If you use AI casually, you might never run into the limits.</p> <p>If you use it hard, you will.</p> <p>My workflow is tab-heavy. I often have six to twelve AI sessions open at once, each doing something different: design, debugging, documentation, marketing copy, build scripts, licensing notes, and whatever else the day throws at me. That is not unusual if you are shipping real work.</p> <p>So the first time I tried Claude and it told me it needed to take a nap for a few hours, it was disorienting.</p>