https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/ From the lab — articles on AI, infrastructure, language, and software. en Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:20:45 +0400 https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/what-the-git-log-doesnt-say/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/what-the-git-log-doesnt-say/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 A week of showing up — and the work no one commits. https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/the-builder-and-the-star/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/the-builder-and-the-star/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 A decade of building toward a person — and the person who finally showed up. https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/pancake-solutions/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/pancake-solutions/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 On focus, identity, and the discipline of saying no to the thing you're good at. https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/kreole-llm/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/kreole-llm/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Six months into training, the challenges of dataset curation, and why this matters for Mauritius. https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/astra-open-source/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/astra-open-source/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Why we're opening up Astra, what's in the repo, and how you can run your own.