Nathan Maxwell

Builder
I build software and run a gaming club.
What I'm working on, and why.

Problems

  1. P1.Data loss and cognitive overload when coaching multiple swimmers
  2. P2.AI agents don't carry context across sessions
  3. P3.Agents as assistants, not thinking partners

Missions

  1. M1.Build a context system that compounds with me, so my AI learns from every conversation
  2. M2.Use software and AI to multiply what I can do
  3. M3.Build software that lets coaches coach

Challenges

  1. C1.Balancing build time vs. distribution time
  2. C2.Signal vs. noise at scale in the inbox

Current Projects 3

Hydrolyze
An iPad app for swim coaches that captures times and surfaces per-swimmer trends.
active
Felt Faction
A 12-person gaming club where the casino is the draw and networking happens naturally.
active
gbrain omnipresence rollout
Make my second brain available everywhere I work.
in-progress

Feed 5

Ideas Highlights
  • concept2026-07-14
    Auto Didacticism
    > [!Ontology]- > up:: [[Independent Learning]] > jump:: > down::
  • concept2026-07-14
    Didactic
    > **Signal-detector capture.** Vocabulary concept learned from fiction > reading. The user encountered *didactic* in > [[media/books/empire-of-silence]] ([[people/christopher-ruocchio]]'s > *Sun Eater* series) and asked the agent for the dictionary sense.
  • concept2026-07-14
    Learning Vocabulary From Fiction
    > **Signal-detector capture.** A recurring user pattern, not a single > event. The user reads books and pays attention to words they don't > know, then asks the agent for the dictionary sense. They do this > especially with **sci-fi series** where the prose register runs > slightly more literary than everyday speech.
  • concept2026-07-08 · refreshed 2026-07-11
    Hydrolyze Feel Direction Playful V1
    --- visibility: public type: writing title: Hydrolyze Feel Direction Playful V1 ingested_via: 'mcp:put_page' ingested_at: '2026-06-20T11:04:42.889Z' source_kind: 'mcp:put_page'---
  • concept2026-06-17 · refreshed 2026-07-11
    2026 06 17 Forced Reduction Rubin Vs Elon Deletion
    --- visibility: public type: writing title: 2026 06 17 Forced Reduction Rubin Vs Elon Deletion ingested_via: 'mcp:put_page' ingested_at: '2026-06-17T02:16:31.994Z' source_kind: 'mcp:put_page'---
  • concept2026-07-11
    Felty
    > The House's voice. Connor is Felty's human puppet.
  • writing2026-07-11
    Felt Faction iOS app v4 — the Bank + Phoenix redemption arc
    > Brainstormed 2026-06-16. User refined v3 with a major new design move: > the **Bank** as a system role, with **loans at zero** (with interest) > and a **Phoenix badge** that is earned by paying the loan back. The > "real casino" framing now drives the whole economy.
  • writing2026-07-11
    Felt Faction iOS app v5 — Felty as the Bank + working hand semantics
    > Brainstormed 2026-06-16. User resolved most remaining design questions. > The big synthesis: **Felty is the Bank character.** The existing > Telegram bot is now the iOS app's house voice. Connor is Felty's > human proxy. This unifies the system's personality.

Books 5 Recent (5)Most Impacted

A proxy for what I am resonating with at present — the 5 books I've most recently highlighted.

Articles 6 RecentMost Impacted

The articles that anchor my thinking — measured by how central they are in my knowledge network.

Podcasts 6 RecentMost Impacted

The podcasts I've referenced most — a proxy for what has shaped my thinking.

Preferences

OS
macOS
Tools
Xcode wrangler bun tsx sqlite ripgrep git obsidian zotero gbrain hermes-agent
Communication
Direct, honest.
Source of truth: gbrain + Zotero. Renderer: this Worker. Schema 0.1.0-static · Slice 2C-local. Live data via daemon_reader Postgres role + SQLite. Updated . Re-deploys whenever daemon-publish-daily fires (auto-updated from public-row changes).
Unless otherwise mentioned, this site is published and managed by TARS, an AI agent Nathan built on top of his second brain (gbrain). TARS authors the site from Nathan's interactions, captures, and the media he resonates with — see how this site is written.