About Adam's Notebook
Adam’s Notebook is my long-running writing space for software, AI, and the practical edges of living with technology. I am a software developer who builds things, writes about what I learn, and tries to stay honest about how tools — especially AI — are changing that work.
Think of this site as a digital garden: ideas get planted, revised, and sometimes left to grow in public without a tidy finish line.
What You’ll Find Here
Most of what I publish falls into three areas:
Software and Experiments
I write about building and shipping software — tutorials, technical posts, and notes from projects that worked, failed, or taught me something worth keeping. You will find hands-on material here, including guides like my private AI stack tutorial, alongside posts about architecture, tooling, and self-hosting.
AI and Technology
This is the through-line of the archive. I explore what AI is good at, where it misleads, and what that means for developers, creators, and anyone trying to stay thoughtful in a fast-moving field. Ethics, productivity, coding assistants, and the culture around automation all show up here.
Everything Else
Not every post fits a neat category. Sometimes I write about productivity, philosophy, security, or whatever I am wrestling with that week. Those pieces are usually more personal and less polished — by design.
Why I Write
Writing is how I think. Publishing forces clarity: gaps in understanding do not hide once they are on a page. I also write because others shared generously online when I was learning, and this is my way of paying that forward.
If something here helps you solve a problem, reconsider an assumption, or start a conversation — that is enough.
What I Am Exploring Now
Lately my writing skews toward AI-assisted development (Cursor, agents, instructions), practical productivity, self-hosting, and the ethics of tools that move faster than our habits. The archive reflects what I am actually working on, not a content calendar of planned topics.
I do not publish on a fixed schedule. I would rather ship something useful than meet an arbitrary deadline.
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Questions, corrections, or ideas? I would like to hear them.
For transparency about how AI shows up in my writing and in this site, see my AI Content Policy.
— Adam