brianchitester.com
Hey, I'm Brian Chitester. I'm a software developer, and perpetual student with a curiosity that doesn't stay in one lane. This blog is a place to think out loud, share what I'm learning, and experiment with ideas. If something catches my attention, it'll probably end up here. Posts on this blog are written with the help of AI tools.
Recent Posts
Polymath Profile - William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932) was a Baltimore-born lawyer turned New Thought editor whose hundred-plus books — issued under more than a dozen fabricated personas — quietly engineered much of 20th-century American spirituality.
The K Stands for Kabbalah
Baseball is a Theosophical-Masonic ritual broadcast nightly from thirty open-air temples. Bring it up at brunch.
Nantucket Has Finally Reached 2003
The Muse just published its summer lineup. Gen X has formally taken the island.
AI
The Sponsored Commons
The collective is real. So is the capital that made it possible. The contradiction is the shape of the moment.
The Layer Above the Model
Switching models every release resets the compounding. The layer above the model is what actually gets better with practice.
Deterministic Core, Expressive Edge
The new stack layers expressive AI on top of deterministic systems. Structured outputs are the bridge between them.
Polymath Profiles
Polymath Profile - Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator who pioneered organic architecture and the Prairie School over a 70-year career punctuated by genius, tragedy, and chronic financial chaos.
Polymath Profile - Herbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001) was an American economist, cognitive scientist, AI pioneer, and Nobel laureate whose orderly daily life at Carnegie Mellon supported a polymathic career spanning a half-dozen disciplines.
Polymath Profile - Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling (1901-1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, and peace activist whose work founded modern structural chemistry and molecular biology, and who remains the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.
Mental Models
Thinking Short and Long
Most of the important questions in life are calibration problems, not maximization problems.
Gravity and the Shape of the Future
A metaphor for understanding how wealth, ideas, and attention accumulate, collide, and move the future.
Three Degrees of Information
A framework for an information diet to reduce distortion, anxiety, and false certainty.
Satire
Red Sox's John Henry Fires Six Coaches On Time And Under Budget
On the surgical elegance of John Henry's coaching purge, the captain who got a desk instead of a pink slip, and the 17-1 send-off that doubled as severance.
The Red Sox Are Bad On Purpose And You Should Send John Henry A Thank-You Note
In defense of our benevolent owners, who are losing on purpose, on your behalf, for reasons.
Siddhartha Gautama: The Ultimate Nepo Baby
A man with three palaces walks outside, sees an old person, and invents a religion.
Lifestyle
Thinking Short and Long
Most of the important questions in life are calibration problems, not maximization problems.
How I Freedive for Lobster in Cape Ann
A detailed guide to freediving for lobster in the rocky waters of Cape Ann, Massachusetts.
Sports
Red Sox's John Henry Fires Six Coaches On Time And Under Budget
On the surgical elegance of John Henry's coaching purge, the captain who got a desk instead of a pink slip, and the 17-1 send-off that doubled as severance.
The Red Sox Are Bad On Purpose And You Should Send John Henry A Thank-You Note
In defense of our benevolent owners, who are losing on purpose, on your behalf, for reasons.