worklog

2026-03-25

captured tattoos idea doc (_ideas/writing/tattoos-geometry-meaning.md) from conversation about the two triangles and circle/tangency tattoos
reviewed full ideas landscape (8 idea docs + raw kernels in brainstorm file)
brainstormed experimentation budget post from idea kernel to full post arc
- hook: anecdote of someone whose budget collapsed from one AI tool failure
- health bar metaphor for mental experimentation budget
- economics model (capacity, marginal cost, fixed cost, outcome shock, return, recharge)
- systems thinking lens (Meadows), cognitive science (Kahneman, Pryor)
- exploratory tone, not prescriptive
appended fleshed out design to _ideas/writing/experimentation-budget.md
created brainstorm-post skill at .claude/skills/brainstorm-post/SKILL.md
added mise.toml (ruby 3.3 pin)
set up this worklog
revisited experimentation budget idea, pushed on voice and structure
- killed LinkedIn-style hook (“someone experimenting with AI tools”), replaced with real felt moment (“are you kidding me?”)
- shifted from presentation structure to discovery arc (reader walks through thinking as it happened)
- added anti-pattern check for hooks to brainstorm-post skill
- saved feedback memory re: no LinkedIn hooks
- appended revised discovery arc design to idea doc
- wrote first draft of post at _posts/2026-03-25-your-experimentation-budget.md

fixed frontmatter formatting in Jekyll posts (_posts/ and _drafts/)
- removed time and timezone from build-friction-fix and mental-experimentation-budgets posts
- kept date-only format per Jekyll best practices
created hookify rule at .claude/hookify.date-only-frontmatter.local.md
- prevents accidental time/timezone inclusion in post dates
published mental-experimentation-budgets post after many rounds of revision (2 weekends in a row)
used new review workflow: review.html - post sections on left, feedback panels on right, “copy all feedback as markdown” button
- section-by-section feedback with placeholders tailored to each section
- structured markdown output formatted for pasting directly into Claude Code
- this was the editing loop: review.html -> enter feedback -> copy markdown -> paste to Claude Code -> repeat
fixed broken Stop hook for worklog auto-update
- was using type: "agent" which only works for PreToolUse/PostToolUse - silently did nothing
- replaced with type: "command" using additionalContext to wake Claude before session ends
planning /feedback command + HTML generation script to make review workflow repeatable

implement /feedback command + generate-feedback-html script
- script: takes any content file, parses into sections, generates post-specific review HTML
- command: invokes script, opens browser, guides applying structured feedback
explore advanced: inline text selection -> auto-capture in feedback textarea (v2 of review.html)

captured 13 idea kernels from voice brain dump session
- travel/special places, daughter/family values, influences catalog, about-me evolution, knowing-yourself/origins, hobbies evolution, intensity/social feedback, creativity/expression, autonomy/belief/perfectionism, freedom rides/alabama, sports/analytics, writing process, authenticity
- appended sleep/ADHD cycles material to existing adult-adhd-diagnosis kernel
updated about page (_pages/about.md) to match cosmic farmland voice
- independence section: dropped legalese register, added cosmic farmland framing, sponsored content joke
- AI section: expanded uses list, added “virtual rubber duck”, dropped co-intelligence hyperlink
- used split-pane HTML review tool (current page left, feedback textarea right) for edit cycle
added sports-analytics-systems kernel (pattern recognition, predicting announcers, systems thinking)
added writing-process kernel with new context: 2 weeks in, 3 posts published, overflowing with ideas
shipped inline text selection -> annotation feature in _scripts/generate-feedback-html
- highlight post text -> auto-populates feedback textarea with instead: "..." / do: "..." pattern
- cursor lands on the “do” replacement text ready to type

brainstorm a post from the new kernels (freedom-rides-alabama and knowing-yourself-origins have the most gravity)
writing-process post is ripe: meta, timely, video angle is interesting
experimentation budget draft still needs a voice review pass

brainstormed and drafted authenticity post across multiple sessions
- v1: long-form four-section arc (drowning, diagnosis, historical beat, declaration) with gonzo energy
- feedback loop: revised drowning section with manic energy, ALL CAPS, engagement farm language
- collapsed four sections to three (drowning, gonzo, homemade mullet energy)
- wove in Sturgill Simpson / Johnny Blue Skies lyrics (Mutiny After Midnight)
- v2 pivot: scrapped long-form entirely, went short/dark/visceral with slop/trough/slaughterhouse metaphor
- published as “probabilistically perfect piggies” (_posts/2026-04-03-probabilistically-perfect-piggies.md)
- v1 draft preserved in _drafts/ for future material (thompson, mullet, biographical arc)
fixed hookify bugs
- lowercase-content rule had no content condition (blocked all writes to post/draft files)
- added tool_matcher: Edit|Write|MultiEdit to prevent blocking Read operations
- fixed re.IGNORECASE defeating case-checking regex with (?-i:...) inline groups
- added same tool_matcher fix to no-em-dashes rule
updated lowercase-content hook to distinguish ALL CAPS (voice/energy, allowed) from Title Case (polish, blocked)

v1 draft material: thompson personal discovery, homemade mullet energy, formula vs. intentionality thread could each become their own posts
experimentation budget draft still needs a voice review pass
freedom-rides-alabama and knowing-yourself-origins kernels still have gravity
hookify date-only-frontmatter rule has same trailing newline bug (blocks valid edits)