On mechanism-first writing
Most writing explains what. This blog tries to explain how — the hidden structure that determines whether a thing works, breaks, or fails to generalize.
All posts, reverse chronological.
Most writing explains what. This blog tries to explain how — the hidden structure that determines whether a thing works, breaks, or fails to generalize.
What makes a model useful is not accuracy — it is the quality of the distinctions it draws and the honesty about where those distinctions break down.
Notes on the decisions that kept potpuoy.com simple — and the temptations that were worth resisting.