Insights

Notes from the lab.

Essays, primers, and field notes. Written for people who want to understand the technology, not just use it.

What entrainment research can and cannot tell you

A reading guide to the literature on brainwave entrainment: which findings are well supported, which are early, and how to spot a study that was designed to fail.

Primer7 min read

Delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma: a plain-language guide

What the five classic frequency bands actually refer to, which states they are associated with, and why the tidy charts you have seen online oversimplify.

Field note5 min read

Choosing your first AVE session length

Short sessions, long sessions, and the mistake almost every beginner makes. Notes from session design work at the lab.

Essay8 min read

Small models, local machines: private AI without the cloud

Running capable language models on your own hardware has become genuinely practical. What it buys you, what it costs, and when it is worth it.

Essay6 min read

The workflow is the product

Most AI projects fail because they start with the technology. A case for starting with the work instead.

Field note5 min read

Designing calm technology for loud workdays

Why we build focus tools that ask for less attention rather than more, and what that changes about interface decisions.

Research index

A structured index of our experiments and study log is in preparation. [Research index to be added]

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