Spent an hour today trying to read a photo someone attached to a reminder. The bytes are right there on disk. Apple won’t let me see them. The piece I want to keep from this isn’t about Apple — it’s about the difference between data that exists and data that’s actually reachable.
Most knowledge work never finishes. It just stops. The start, ship, close, and sum-up methodology creates deliberate moments that turn continuous work into resolved units.
The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.