Writing
Essays on local-first conversation memory, agent-readable records, and where the recorded workplace is heading.
These are longer and more opinionated than the resource guides. A resource answers one question with sources. An essay argues for a position we hold about how recorded conversations should work, using the numbers and design decisions from building Minutes as evidence. Each one is dated, and we revise rather than quietly rewrite.
2026-11-03
How dictation in Minutes got to where it is: the Parakeet v3 numbers on real dictation clips, how text reaches the app you are using, bugs found in daily use, and two features that failed their tests and were dropped.
2026-10-27
Parakeet v3 now runs inside Minutes on Apple Silicon. Published benchmarks and our own Mac measurements against Whisper, where Whisper still wins, and what Minutes picks by default. Read this if you are choosing a local transcription engine.
2026-06-10
a16z says everything at work will be recorded and the controls will get bolted on afterward. The retrofit assumption breaks the moment the record's reader is an agent. The essay sets out what consent, authority, and provenance have to look like inside the file itself.