2026-10-04, Notes

Why this site exists

There is a lot of smoke around building things with AI right now. I do not mean that negatively: the field moves fast and I learn something at every meetup. But what helps, every time, is going back to a few basics and having a structured understanding of how the pieces fit.

This site is my canvas for that. I publish it so people who know more can correct it, and people who are newer can use it. The course is in Materials. Nothing in it is new. Then again, there has not been much new to say about the world for a few thousand years, so forgive me.