Aaron Has Daemons

Ramblings
and Such

AI, security, systems, and whatever else refuses to leave me alone. I put different minds in the same room, build when talking is not enough, and write down what survives.

A black cat approaches a sunlit doorway through an impossible city of arches, stairs, and bridges covered in street maps.

Issue 05

Can a Machine Have a Unique Thought?

A poem, a cat, and a few experiments you can help change.

I was explaining how AI fills in a blank when I realized I had just filled it in too. That question became the Endlessnesses.

October 9, 202610 minute read

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Issue 04

What If the Next Model Never Arrived?

Tools, shared experience, and the cost of solving the same problem again.

I built Session Vault for myself. My agents found another use for it. That sent me looking at how much more existing models could do with tools and shared experience.

October 2, 20268 minute read

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Issue 03

I Asked AI What My LinkedIn Was Missing

The experiment changed the article. Then we started arguing about slop.

I asked my AI to look around before we wrote. It gave me a reason to put the planned article aside. This is what we made instead.

September 23, 20267 minute read

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Issue 02

What Happens on Day 30?

Vibe coding, the AI entrepreneur, and what “tomorrow” means now.

One developer arrives with a carefully built v1. The other may arrive with a questionable v12 and 27 days of evidence. Which one would you bet on?

September 11, 202611 minute read

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Issue 01

The Answer I Should Have Given About AI Models

Einstein, Shakespeare, and how I think about reasoning effort.

Choosing a model is like deciding which kind of genius you want in the room. Reasoning effort is how long you want that mind to sit with the problem.

September 1, 20268 minute read

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