Dan Hopwood

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All the articles I've archived.

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May 2

  • Maturity, not complexity
    7 min read

    Someone else's AI setup looks impossible because it's had longer to grow, not because it's a harder idea than yours.

  • The recording was the easy bit
    5 min read

    The fix for graveyard call transcripts isn't a better recorder. It's a pipeline that turns each transcript into agent-ready context the moment it lands.

April 4

  • I replaced Granola in 2 hours
    5 min read

    Granola labels every guest "Them" – useless on 3+ person calls. So I built a replacement in 2 hours.

  • Forgetting isn't the problem
    5 min read

    Bigger context windows fix the wrong half of the AI codebase problem. The half they don't fix gets worse as your codebase grows.

  • The memory bank framework
    6 min read

    Six files, a session loop and a 30-second ritual. The structured memory system I install on every new project.

  • I used Claude Code to read its own source code
    6 min read

    Its source code leaked. So I used it to explore itself – 8 parallel agents, 1,884 TypeScript files and a hidden digital pet.

March 2