Trust

Your Computer Is Lying to You. Canoeboot Is the Only Fix.

Canoeboot is a fork of Libreboot that removes all binary blobs from coreboot, creating a fully auditable boot firmware. It’s radical, it’s limited, and it’s the only way to truly own your computer. This article explains why the trade-off is worth it, and why most people are ignoring the most critical trust boundary in their machines.

Your Claude.md Is Making Your AI Dumber. Here’s How to Fix It.

Your Claude.md is a product decision, not a preferences file. The real power lies in negative space: telling the model when to push back, disobey, or stay silent. Encode your working principles and failure modes, not a wishlist of behaviors. That’s the difference between a config file and a working relationship.

The One Person You Can Trust With Your Private Messages (And It’s Not a Company)

The most security-conscious people don’t trust open source blindly. They trust a lone genius with no institutional motives. When Fabrice Bellard builds something, his reputation is the only security guarantee that matters. The real signal isn’t the code β€” it’s the absence of corporate incentives.

I Let Claude Code’s Auto Mode Run My Development. The Results Were Terrifying and Liberating.

When Anthropic turned Claude Code’s auto mode on by default, they made a bet that sandboxing, not approval prompts, is the real trust mechanism. But the real shift is quieter: developers become auditors, not authors. Here’s what happens when you stop babysitting AI – and why the trade-off is worth it.

The Best Thing You Can Do With a Dormant Blog Is Kill It

A dormant blog with thousands of followers feels like a liability. But the best move isn’t to revive it, sell ads, or ghost β€” it’s to kill it publicly. An honest farewell post converts trust into career capital, turning an archive into a monument of integrity. Selling or reviving destroys the very asset you’re trying to protect.

AI Doesn’t Have to Tell You It’s AI. That’s the Scam.

The debate about whether AI should be required to disclose itself misses the point entirely. The real problem isn’t that AI can lieβ€”it’s that users have zero tools to verify the truth. Scammers already break laws; adding a disclosure rule changes nothing for them while creating false security for everyone else.