https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing Field notes by Bradley Norman on operations, AI agents, building an AI operating system, and the Loomfield build log. en-us Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/family-chore-buddy https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/family-chore-buddy Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Family Chore Buddy is a kids money app for chores, allowance, and savings goals. Why I built it, what it teaches, and how it went live in a week. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/setting-up-an-app-by-talking-to-it https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/setting-up-an-app-by-talking-to-it Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman How I gave Family Chore Buddy an MCP server so Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant can set up a family, keep it current, and report in plain words. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-workflows-and-freezes https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-workflows-and-freezes Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Visual workflows for building automations without code, and a two-week hunt for the reasons the hub kept freezing as it grew. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-leaving-the-room https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-leaving-the-room Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman The first invite-only alpha builds for Mac and Windows, the install bugs my own tests missed, and a rebuild of how decisions are tracked. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-stop-shipping-dark https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-stop-shipping-dark Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Two weeks teaching Loomfield to learn reusable tools from its own work, fixing a status bug properly, and ending the habit of shipping everything switched off. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-the-audit-that-audited-itself https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-the-audit-that-audited-itself Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman A reusable audit for checking whether AI-finished work is really finished, the bugs it found in itself, and cutting the cost of re-sending context. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-keeping-its-own-books https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-keeping-its-own-books Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Two weeks turning record-keeping from a rule agents follow into something the system checks, plus much faster recall and a hard look at routines. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-one-version-of-the-truth https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/loomfield-build-log-one-version-of-the-truth Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Three weeks moving Loomfield's memory onto structured records, rebuilding Mission Control around honest screens, and having more than one model check the work. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/preparing-loomfield-for-the-public https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/preparing-loomfield-for-the-public Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman What changes when a private-beta AI work system has to become clear, trustworthy, and useful without its builder in the room. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/small-context-serious-work https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/small-context-serious-work Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman How Loomfield uses focused retrieval, smart micro-sessions, and the smallest capable model to spend context where it actually improves the work. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/on-the-desk-june-2026 https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/on-the-desk-june-2026 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman A June workbench update on making the vault leaner, better routed, and responsible for carrying useful results into the next session. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/building-loomfield https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/building-loomfield Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Why the next layer for AI isn't a better chat window. Loomfield is a self-hosted AI operating system built on a shared brain, durable work, and earned trust. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/from-helpful-chats-to-an-ai-operating-system https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/from-helpful-chats-to-an-ai-operating-system Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Where a shared AI vault runs out: rules, enforcement, and coordination, and the missing operating layer between a knowledge base and an AI operating system. https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/designing-a-vault-for-ai-work https://bradleyrnorman.com/writing/designing-a-vault-for-ai-work Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT Bradley Norman Early notes on a durable Markdown home for projects, decisions, and reusable instructions, so an AI assistant carries context into the next conversation.