---
title: "2026-08-13 Notes"
description: "notes for 2026-08-13"
date: 2026-08-13
published: true
tags:
  - daily-note
template: daily
---


## ==Nota==ble ^listens^

https://youtu.be/HC8T1OlgYi0

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  <a href="/stop-being-skeptical-about-ai-for-development-with-charity-majors/" class="embed-card-link">
    <div class="embed-card-content">
      <div class="embed-card-title">Stop being skeptical about AI for development with Charity Majors</div>
      <div class="embed-card-description">As always with Charity Majors this was a pretty great interview. Lots of repeat ideas with some good nuggets.</div>
      <div class="embed-card-meta">Aug 13, 2026</div>
    </div>
  </a>
</div>
 

https://youtu.be/Gf0pR4_bv-o

There was a particularly good section about influence vs. manipulation.  The line can be very thin and hard to ride between the two.  Both can drive people to do work.

## pmf

poor mans fiberglass

* first layer right on foam 50:50 water to glue
* iron on canvas
* final layer 25:75 water to glue

## ==Plain==Down

Really happy with the progress I'm making on plaindown, today I really have the
flow of pulling in changes between desktop and phone greased up. A dritical
keybinding to get commits in with ++ctrl++ + ++enter++ landed and it feels
really good to get it all keyboard centric.