COMMONPLACE
A small collection of working notes

Learning in public, one useful idea at a time.

Short notes on study systems, software, reading, and the quiet work of making things understandable.

Recent notes

Updated occasionally
18 JUNE 2026 · LEARNING

Make the next step smaller than your excuse.

A practical way to build study sessions that survive ordinary, busy weeks.

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03 JUNE 2026 · SYSTEMS

What a good default looks like.

Defaults quietly decide more than goals do. A short checklist for choosing them well.

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21 MAY 2026 · READING

Keep a commonplace book that you will actually open.

Less archive, more conversation: a lightweight way to retain what you read.

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“The goal is not to read more. It is to notice more.”

— a line worth keeping nearby

What lives here

  • Study notes and working methods
  • Small software and web experiments
  • Reading lists with annotations
  • Questions that are still unfinished