Systems, builds & library
Research, prototypes, writing — one shelf.
Threads are open enquiries. Builds are the prototypes and client-ready systems those enquiries produce. Library holds the essays and field notes. Filter or search across the lot.
Threads
Open enquiriesHolonic Rich Pictures
Mapping messy organisational situations as ecologies of humans, documents, tools, agents, risks and reporting — every node both a part and a whole.
Holonic Architectures
Systems where every part is both a whole and a component — and how that shapes multi-agent design.
Agentic Systems in Practice
The gap between agent demos and agents that actually work — delegation, memory, orchestration patterns.
Soft Systems Thinking in AI
Applying Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology to the design of AI-driven processes.
Interfaces for Human–AI Collaboration
The interface is not a screen — it's a negotiation surface.
Knowledge Engines
RAG done seriously — provenance, permissions, structure, and a clear relationship to the work.
Obsidian as an Operating Environment
Markdown vaults as the substrate for personal and team knowledge systems.
TTRPG Rules Vaults as Knowledge-System Testbeds
Tabletop rulebooks are messy, cross-referenced, contested knowledge — perfect testbeds for retrieval and reasoning.
AI for Tutoring & Education
Lesson planning, marking support, and source-backed tutor assistants.
SimulationChamber & AI Delegates
Running cheap simulations of decisions before making them, with delegated AI stand-ins.
Civic Memory & Local Knowledge Systems
Knowledge systems for towns, councils and community organisations.
Worldbuilding as Systems Research
Designing fictional systems to train the same muscles needed for real ones.
Industry Signals
Industry Signals — research threads, papers and field reports feeding the wider LGI enquiry.
Essay · Agentic Workflows
Agents
A practical overview of agents, tool use, planning, workflows, and the design questions that show up when LLMs move from chat into action.
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Video · Agentic Coding
Matt Pocock's Agentic Engineering Workflow
A practitioner walkthrough of agentic software engineering habits and AI-assisted development structure.
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Video · Local AI
Local AI Coding is Finally Good Enough
A signal that local and semi-local coding workflows are becoming plausible for real developer use.
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Video · AI Operating Models
The Production AI Playbook: Deploying Agents at Enterprise Scale
A production-focused view of what agents need beyond a demo: evaluation, observability, data, orchestration, and governance.
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