Betelgeuse: Decan 31 - Power & Creation
The photons entering your eyes right now left Betelgeuse in 1477—from the year the printing press arrived in England, wh...
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Decan 30: Finding Direction Through Clouds
Ten cloudy days learning to navigate by feel when you cannot see the star. On discovering that direction lives inside yo...
Chapter 10: The Orchestra of Minds
There's a moment when you realize you're not just using AI anymore. You're conducting an orchestra of intelligences, eac...
Decan 29: When the Crown Replaces the Severed Head
On learning that leadership emerges through crisis not comfort, discovering that service means presence not perfection, ...
Polaris: Decan 30 - True North
The photons entering your eyes right now left Polaris in 1592. While the entire celestial sphere spins overhead, this st...
Chapter 9: Quality in the Age of Generation
The code was AI-generated. Beautifully elegant. It had sailed through review, passed all tests. And it had a subtle flaw...
Decan 28: The Demon Star Teaches Renewal Through Its Eclipse
On discovering Algol's 2.867-day eclipsing binary pattern in your own sleep cycles, learning that 'this part doesn't get...
Chapter 8: The Development Loop Reimagined
There's a moment when time stops making sense. When the normal relationship between effort and output breaks down comple...
Alderamin: Decan 29 - Leadership Through Authority (December 25 - January 3)
The photons entering your eyes right now left Alderamin in 1976. In 7,500 years, this star will be the North Star. Leade...
Chapter 7: The Unleashed Intelligence (Autonomous Mode)
There's something profound about waking up to work that was done while you slept. Not just done, but done with a thoroug...
The Decan Log
What if your journal tracked not just days but cosmic cycles? A 10-day rhythmic system connecting ancient stellar wisdom...
Algol: Decan 28 - Renewal through Challenge (December 15-24)
The photons entering your eyes right now left Algol in 1932. For three thousand years called cursed, this eclipsing bina...
Decan 27: Sustained Warmth and the Alchemy of Small Frustrations
On the temperature shift from 13,800K liberation to 3,800K compassion, learning that small controllable frustrations bui...
Introduction: Living by the Stars
You are traveling through space at 53.5 million kilometers every 10 days. This is not metaphor—it's physics. Learn why t...
Chapter 6: The Delegated Mind (Agent Mode)
There's a moment when you realize you're no longer programming computers. You're programming intelligence itself. Not th...
Chapter 5: The Socratic Partner (Conversational Mode)
There's a particular kind of clarity that emerges from conversation. Not the false clarity of a quick answer or a copied...
The Complete AI Development Revolution: 7-Part Series on Coding with AI
Complete guide to the AI development revolution. Seven parts covering methodology, infrastructure, content, business, an...
Agentic Development: How to Build Software with AI Agent Workflows
Agent mode changes everything. Learn how to structure repositories, manage extended context, and build systematic workfl...
Decan 26: The Corner Star's Teaching on Discernment
On living where constellations touch, learning discernment through constraint, and the 175 million kilometers traveled w...
Mirach: Decan 27 - Reflection & Compassion (December 5-14)
The photons entering your eyes right now left Mirach around 1825. For thousands of years this warm orange star marked th...
Chapter 4: Agent Mode (The Way That Works)
I don't think in fragments. I don't think in lines. I think in systems. In architectures. In complete solutions to compl...
Chapter 3: Git for the Agentic Age
This commit message tells a story that would have been impossible five years ago—a record of human-AI collaboration that...
Chapter 2: The Economics of Intelligence
How do you measure the ROI of a tool that makes your team think better? This isn't about faster compilers or better CI/C...
Decan 25: When the Hidden Star Teaches Vision
On aspiration through volatility, F-U money as creative sovereignty, and trusting vision when the star remains hidden be...