VISCNotes
Work, experiments, and life
Notes on AI practice, work, products, middle age, and everyday life.
The Cat Who Spent Sixteen Years with Us Now Lives in My Daughter's Poem
My daughter wrote a short poem for Mango, the cat who lived with our family for sixteen years. In the poem, Mango still sits, sleeps, runs, and dreams in the grass.
Does Growing Older Begin When Desire Fades?
A candid reflection on lower sexual desire, shrinking social needs, and the difference between losing interest in the outside world and still wanting to create something of one's own.
Why Does Your Workload Grow While Your Salary Does Not?
Extra work often reaches you through small favors and temporary cover, then quietly becomes permanent. Unless the change is named and negotiated, reliability can become the reason you are given even more.
What Does 'Forty, Unfinished' Mean?
The idea behind a personal writing project: reaching forty while still wanting to learn, try new things, and keep moving forward.
I Built an AI Physics Practice Website for My Son by Voice-Coding on My Phone
Using Discord, OpenClaw, GitHub, and Vercel, I turned a specific learning problem into a working AI practice tool in under an hour—without opening a computer.
After Forty, I Began to Understand What 'Without Confusion' Means
At forty, being 'without confusion' does not mean knowing everything. It means understanding what deserves your time, which relationships matter, and how you want to live.
Why Do We Become Less Willing to Speak Publicly After Thirty?
The desire to express oneself may not disappear with age. It may narrow—from public squares and strangers toward family, old friends, and the few people who truly understand the context.
How I Used AI to Help My Son Compare Specialty High Schools
I gave AI my son's grades, rankings, honors, and current admissions information, then used it to organize a difficult school-selection problem without handing over the final decision.
What Can Men in Their Forties Actually Do with AI?
For people in their forties, AI matters when it enters real work and life: writing, planning, travel, software, fiction, and perhaps a more independent way of working.
Can OpenClaw Help with Your Work and Life?
OpenClaw has made my conversations with AI more structured across life, programming, information, investing, and fiction—but its value still depends heavily on the model behind it.