My work has two tracks: managing zettelkastens (writing notes and feature plans for AI agents) and systemizing my workflow so the whole thing compounds over time. 2025-07-19_09-38 Outputs are disposable; plans and prompts compound.

The realization here is that I’m not programming in the traditional sense. I’m using my computer for thinking. 2.8.4.2 Specification is the new true source code. The output of that thinking feeds AI agents, which then execute work inside a system I’m also developing. It’s a loop: think → capture → AI executes → system improves → thinking becomes more powerful.

This split between content creation and meta-work is the key. One track produces the notes, the other makes the system progressively smarter. 2025-12-07_21-27_compound-engineering-plugin-overview Each unit of engineering work should make subsequent units easier.

Concepts

• Dual-focus knowledge work → Content plus meta-system
• Compound knowledge systems → Infrastructure that improves with use
• AI agent feature planning → Notes driving automation design
• Systemizing workflows → Making processes self-improving
• Meta-work investment → Building the system, not just using it