Hangar

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Notes from the field

Not everything I want to say is an architecture essay. These are the smaller things: tools I've fallen for, people doing good work, and what I've learned along the way, in and out of Hangar.

  1. October 13, 2026 · Life · Philosophy · 6 min read

    Chasing squirrels

    A walk in the woods with Riley, a Stoic line from a podcast, and a conversation with ChatGPT about living in accordance with reality. On accepting what's in front of you, and what nine years of watching my dog chase squirrels he'll never catch has taught me about the chase.
  2. October 2, 2026 · Hangar · AI · 10 min read

    How Hangar started, and what AI taught me along the way

    Two projects at once: rebuild my home lab into a real platform, and learn to build with AI while doing it. Five mockups, a Star Trek replicator moment, a name that changed jobs, and the token bills I didn't see coming. Plus the lessons I'd pass on first: how to manage your sessions, and how to use memory.
  3. October 2, 2026 · Open source · Diagrams · 3 min read

    A shout-out to diagram-design

    Every diagram on this site was drawn by an AI agent using one skill, Cathryn Lavery's diagram-design. What it is, why it works, and how Hangar uses it.
  4. September 30, 2026 · Open source · Kubernetes UI · 5 min read

    A shout-out to Radar, and what I added to it

    Radar is the Kubernetes UI I'd been waiting for. Here's who built it, what Skyhook offers alongside it, and the Tekton and Argo Rollouts features I added while learning to build with AI.