Observations & notes

Field Notes

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4 observations

All Almost Tech Savvy Baby Development Body vs System Care as Infrastructure Invisible Expertise System Theatre Translation Friction

Dorme, Neném: The Lullaby Was Always a Horror Story

System: Bedtime folklore as child-safety infrastructure

The old system assumes fear is enough to keep children safe, but modern danger also requires language, consent, and digital literacy.

My grandma knew

System: Medical knowledge systems and women’s embodied observations

The system treats unmeasured experience as absence of evidence, so women’s recurring bodily observations become anomalies instead of research questions.

System: Watching AI Code Editors Compete for Attention (Windsurf vs Claude Code vs OpenCode)

The system assumes model orchestration can be abstracted away from the user. In practice, model choice still leaks into outcomes and cost.

System: Children Hospital Appointment in Ireland

The system assumes that care ends at discharge, and that follow-up will happen without active coordination from the parent.