Dispatches

The manual is the product; these are the maintenance notes. Numbered and dated, in my own voice: things I tested, things that changed, things I got wrong and fixed. If the manual is the engine, this is the logbook.

• No. 004 · 5 Jun 2026 Corrections: What the Manual Got Wrong This Spring Three fixes on the record — incentive rules, a pricing example that misled, and fee tables that aged.
• No. 003 · 12 May 2026 The Price Is the Price On saying your number out loud without flinching — and the discount question that has only one good answer.
• No. 002 · 18 Apr 2026 I Asked Three AI Assistants About Twelve Local Businesses A small experiment with uncomfortable results — and the pattern behind the wrong answers.
• No. 001 · 28 Mar 2026 A Manual, Not a Blog What this site is, what it refuses to be, and the deal I'm making with you.