Field Notes
A weekly dispatch from the edges of the knowledge graph.
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Mar 23–Mar 29, 2026
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> Agentic General Intelligence | v3.0.10 > > We made the Karpathy autoresearch loop generic. Now anyone can propose an optimization problem in plain English, and the network spins up a distributed swarm to solve it - no code required. It also compounds intelligence across all domains and gives your
> @kevinrose asked what IDE to use. My reply got the most engagement out of 128 answers: "No IDE. Just plan.md files and voice." Here's everything I meant by that. > > **1. The Moment You Have an Idea, It's /ce:plan or /ce:brainstorm**
> Jim Prosser, a non-programmer tech communications consultant, describes building a comprehensive AI chief-of-staff system using Claude Code over 36 hours. The system automates his entire morning operations: overnight processes scan email and create tasks, a "Morning Sweep" classifies tasks into di
> Josh Pigford describes building a personal AI knowledge system using plain text Markdown files rather than databases or vector stores. The architecture has three core files: USER.md (identity, schedule, preferences), MEMORY.md (curated long-term memory updated each session), and a brain/family/ di
> Ole Lehmann describes adapting Andrej Karpathy's "autoresearch" method for iteratively improving Claude Code and Cowork skills. The core loop: make one small change to a skill prompt, test it, score the output against a yes/no checklist, keep the change if score improves, revert if not, repeat. Hi