jwogrady Working notes on tools, and why they earn their place

September 2026

Time Subject
MONDAY

A 1.7 MB photo became 37 KB by being moved into the right folder.

pulse content-model taxonomy local-business

A document is evidence of what somebody meant, not of how the thing works.

pulse conventions content-model verification

The story is a byproduct of the work, not a second job.

evidence-storytelling personal-brand automation brand workflow

The demo content is not a placeholder to delete. It is the test fixture.

pulse hugo test-fixture conventions

The pulse of the brand comes from the owner's spectrum.

spectrum pulse personal-brand git workflow
SUNDAY

The success of an agency is measured by the circumference of its digital key ring.

1password key-management devops github

Every entry so far has described its evidence instead of showing it.

chrome wsl automation verification workflow

The settings I wrote down two hours ago would have gone into a file nothing reads.

zed wsl silent-failure

The colour belongs to the vocabulary, not to any entry in it.

spectrum taxonomy information-design

A 6664px screenshot displayed at 672px is 99 percent waste.

hugo asset-pipeline performance