Periodic musings about systemshttps://www.blazestar.net/https://www.blazestar.net/blog/2026-05-11-done-with-crypto/https://www.blazestar.net/blog/2026-05-11-done-with-crypto/I've found the crypto world fascinating since it's inception. The hype, the riches, the lies, the scams! It was a fascinating case study on what people could convince themselves of and what markets could be if we ignored the last few centuries of wisdom. It was ridiculous and I couldn't believe it kept going. I didn't realize it was just a preview of what was to come.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.blazestar.net/blog/2026-04-21-adding-notes/https://www.blazestar.net/blog/2026-04-21-adding-notes/I wanted to add some free-form notes to my site so that I could put up more permanent knowledge than chronological blog posts. I wanted to be able to use a system much like my markdown notes I keep for myself that had a nice menu like EmaNote. Here's how I made Astro do it for me.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.blazestar.net/blog/motivation-is-an-institutional-problem/https://www.blazestar.net/blog/motivation-is-an-institutional-problem/It's not that no one wants to work anymore. People do want to work. They want to be inspired to work hard. However, the institutions that employ them have broken the contract under which that was done. No one is motivated to work _for them_.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.blazestar.net/blog/forge-of-god-greg-bear/https://www.blazestar.net/blog/forge-of-god-greg-bear/A short reviewFri, 18 Jul 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.blazestar.net/blog/i-forgot-to-use-ai/https://www.blazestar.net/blog/i-forgot-to-use-ai/I forgot to use an LLM to assist on my latest coding project. I probably set the progress of humanity back many hours. But hey, I learned something along the way. What did I learn? That I'd rather not use an LLM on this project.Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:00:00 GMT