A personal knowledge base following the Zettelkasten methodology, maintained by LLMs using the LLM Wiki pattern.
Interlinked notes organized by topic. Browse in Obsidian for graph view and backlinks, or read the full index.
2026-07-18macOS LaunchAgent/LaunchDaemon authoring for a BTM-friendly identity -ProgramArguments[0]must be the launcher's own path, no.shextension on the entry point,#!/bin/bashnotenv bashso TCC grants survive a bash upgrade2026-07-181Password backup pattern for Apple developer signing certs - Split a codesigning.p12+ its passphrase into two tagged 1Password items (Document + Password) so a lost keychain doesn't lose the cert; restore flow and thesecurity export -t identitiesscoping caveat2026-07-04Scaling the harness: six components of an agentic system - P = f(R,M,C,S,O,G); three named failure modes (exposure-without-access, stale-but-confident, confident-but-unchecked) and the process-metrics evaluation agenda2026-07-04Finding your unknowns: the bottleneck in agentic coding - Quality is bottlenecked by how fast the operator clarifies unknowns; a 2x2 with a distinct technique per quadrant (blindspot pass, interview, prototype-and-react)2026-06-26Secret resolution for pi agent providers via 1Password op read -!op readand$ENV_VARkeep provider API keys out of plaintextauth.json/models.json; service-account auth makes the resolution headless and transcript-safe2026-05-26LKY operating system: how to pick what to work on - Mid-career operating system applied to Vietnamese founder: six mental models, eight-question filter, concentration over portfolio; the 2055 question overrides everything2026-05-26The capital portfolio framework: beyond money - Seven capital forms (economic, trust, time, knowledge, network, symbolic, optionality); time is the only irreplaceable input; mid-career work is mostly withdrawal-prevention2026-05-26The Greek prefix para- means beside -para-= beside; paragraph was originally the margin stroke beside the text, not the text block; "beside what?" unlocks paramedic / paranormal / paradox / parasite2026-05-25LKY on why Singapore can never build a Google: Vietnam comparison - LKY's five constraints (size, brain drain, Confucian culture, comfort, takeovers); Vietnam inverts market size and risk culture, mirrors brain drain and scholar pull, lacks rule of law and capital2026-05-25What young Vietnamese entrepreneurs should learn from LKY - LKY-flavored founder advice for VN 20s-30s; drop the billion-dollar framing, pick a defensible niche, Singapore as legal venue, plan for acquisition exit
Obsidian Clipper (raw) ──┐
Claude Code (refined) ───┤──► this repo ──► Obsidian reads/lints/links
Claude AI skill (refined)┘
- Ingest: new knowledge arrives from web clips, coding sessions, or research conversations
- Compile: the LLM checks for overlaps, flags contradictions, updates cross-references and synthesis pages
- Query: ask questions against the compiled wiki; good answers get filed back as new notes
- Lint: periodic health checks for orphans, broken links, stale claims
The human thinks and curates. The LLM handles the bookkeeping.
Type these to Claude in this repo (exact wording doesn't matter, intent does):
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
process inbox |
Refine raw _inbox/ captures into the right folder with links |
capture this as a note: ... |
Save a learning moment from the current chat |
compile recent commits / re-ingest |
Run compilation on notes pushed directly to GitHub (backlinks, index, README, log) |
answer from the wiki: ... |
Synthesize across notes, cite with [[wikilinks]] |
file that answer as a wiki page |
Commit a synthesis from chat as a new note |
reorganize the wiki |
Clean up orphans, folders, backlinks |
lint the wiki |
Health check: orphans, broken links, raw stragglers |
Full reference: commands cheatsheet in the usage guide.
| Folder | Domain |
|---|---|
| engineering/ | Software engineering practices, principles, languages |
| life/ | Life philosophy, habits, mindset, career wisdom |
| leadership/ | Management, negotiation, business leadership |
| cs/ | Computer science fundamentals |
| dwarves-kit/ | Dwarves Kit architecture and design |
| hiring/ | Candidate assessment and hiring |
| ai-tooling/ | AI developer tools and evaluations |
| ai/ | AI concepts, memory systems, agent patterns |
| diaspora/ | Vietnamese and Asian diaspora analysis |
| history/ | History, civilizations, geopolitical patterns |
| claude-code/ | Claude Code hooks, skills, workflows |
| coding-agents/ | Agent-laptop ergonomics: sandboxing, opt-in design, integration tradeoffs |
| agentkernel/ | agentkernel CLI gotchas and operational notes |
| crypto/ | Cryptocurrency, blockchain, DeFi, tokenomics |
| wealth/ | Trust-building, business relationships |
| geopolitics/ | Oil crises, government structures |
| startup/ | Startup strategy, product focus |
| health/ | Wellness, nutrition |
| investing/ | Compound interest, startup investing |
| mcp/ | Model Context Protocol |
| pkm/ | Personal knowledge management |
| devtools/ | Developer tools and config |
| patterns/ | Software patterns and anti-patterns |
| philosophy/ | Taoism, I Ching, timing and preparation |
| finance/ | Bond markets, capital structure, compounding knowledge |
| finance-tooling/ | Financial tool evaluations: terminals, data providers, broker platforms, frameworks |
| comp-fin/ | Computational finance: optimization, stochastic control, learning paths |
| optimization/ | Operations research, MILP, mathematical optimization fundamentals |
| career/ | Career strategy, workplace dynamics, office politics |
| macos/ | macOS frameworks and platform-specific architecture |
| local-llm/ | Local LLM economics, Ollama Cloud, Qwen on Apple Silicon |
| networking/ | Tailscale, WireGuard, portless, mesh VPN ergonomics |
| security/ | Threat modeling for AI agents, sandboxing trade-offs |
| decentralized/ | Decentralized git collaboration, p2p protocols |
| math/ | Math vocabulary and notation, Vietnamese-English mapping for QC and comp-fin |
| quantum/ | Quantum computing fundamentals: complexity classes, algorithms, state preparation, Vietnamese terms |
| jupyter/ | Jupyter architecture, usage patterns, Claude integration paths, post-Jupyter reactive notebooks |
| vietnam/ | LKY framework applied to Vietnamese founders and operators; capital portfolio across seven forms |
| etymology/ | Word origins and prefix decompositions |
| youtube/ | YouTube tooling |
| zed/ | Zed editor agent rules and configuration |
- Full note index - catalog of all notes with one-line summaries
- Usage guide - how to add notes, use Obsidian, work with Claude
- Architecture - system design, folder conventions, operations model
- Requirements - feature tracker, design principles, scaling triggers
- Changelog - project decisions log
- Operations log - chronological record of ingests, queries, lints