Lab Notebook

Experiments in leverage|

Chemical engineer in energy and infrastructure. This site is a public lab notebook: experiments with intelligent systems, what I learn, and how I think about tradeoffs and constraints.

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Building AI-powered tools
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Current Thesis

AI is infrastructure, not a feature.

I build systems that absorb messy input, structure it, and execute with accountability. The goal is leverage, not novelty.

Calgary. Energy. Systems.

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What this is

Focus

Leverage inside real systems. Not demos, not hype.

Method

Small experiments, fast feedback, ruthless clarity.

Output

Notes, builds, and systems that actually run.

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Three small agents orbiting a knowledge core, with a clock.

Second Brain

I Taught My Second Brain to Run Itself

My second brain knew everything and did nothing. So I gave it three standing jobs that run on a schedule — and now it works on itself while I sleep.

•3 min read
Pipeline showing YouTube flowing into a structured Obsidian note.

Second Brain

One Tap from YouTube to a Structured Note in My Second Brain

I wired Tasker, a transcript API, and Claude together so sharing any YouTube video automatically creates a structured, AI-formatted note inside my Obsidian knowledge vault. Here's the system.

•3 min read
A neural network graph of interconnected notes and people.

Second Brain

I Built a Second Brain That Actually Knows Me

How I turned a plain-text Obsidian vault into an AI-native knowledge graph that compounds over time — every person, idea, and decision, indexed and queryable forever.

•4 min read