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Technique

Twice-daily automated life/work digest archive

Every morning and evening an AI writes James a summary of where his day went: what got built, what was tracked, what slipped.

built Sep 2026 updated Oct 2026 A second brain the AI can read

how it works

65 digests written at 07:00/21:00 by the homelab digest service from git commits, Mission Control task closures, and screenpipe screen/audio capture; compares tracked vs actual work.

Technique: A pattern or hard-won lesson, written down so it isn't learned twice.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

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