Thoughts on data ownership, privacy, and building tools that serve people.
July 2, 2026
Owning your data is the next consumer shift. AI made your accumulated context the most valuable thing you produce — here is what ownership practically requires.
MCP does for personal context what USB-C did for cables: one standard port any AI can plug into. What a connection actually is, and how it makes your context portable.
Every major AI assistant is building memory. It is genuinely useful — and quietly becoming the strongest lock-in ever built. The alternative: memory you hold.
March 16, 2026
Your digital life is spread across dozens of services. A personal data integration layer brings it together in one private space you control.