Ideas, Systems & Things Worth Building

I write about technology, AI, open systems, governance, independent publishing, and the ideas behind the projects I build.

Featured

Aug 2, 2026

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1 min read

A Place to Think in Public

Thoughts on technology, travel, open knowledge and building for the long term.

Brandon Himpfen

Articles

Sep 14, 2026

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6 min read

What If We Built a Machine Learning Framework From Scratch Today?

Introducing Nexora, my experiment in building a smaller, more understandable foundation for tensor computation, automatic differentiation, and machine learning.

Brandon Himpfen

Sep 10, 2026

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12 min read

Can We Measure the Quality of a Curated Resource?

Introducing ResourceRank, my experiment in making curation more consistent, transparent, and explainable.

Brandon Himpfen

Sep 7, 2026

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11 min read

Awesome Lists Need Governance, Not Just More Links

Why I’m treating curation, structure, quality, and maintainability as first-class parts of building Awesome Lists.

Brandon Himpfen

Sep 3, 2026

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5 min read

Small Systems Are Often Better Systems

Why simplicity, clear boundaries, and fewer dependencies can make technology easier to understand, maintain, and trust.

Brandon Himpfen

Aug 17, 2026

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3 min read

Introducing Lattice: A Lightweight Approach to Building with LLMs

Why I’m building a small, provider-neutral Python framework for LLM-powered applications.

Brandon Himpfen

Aug 2, 2026

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1 min read

A Place to Think in Public

Thoughts on technology, travel, open knowledge and building for the long term.

Brandon Himpfen