The quiet return of local-first software
After a decade of renting every workflow, teams are keeping the source of truth on the machine again.
— Jules Berger · Nov 10, 2026
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Stories by Jules
The notebook that survived the rewrite
The useful notes were the short ones, written in the margin of the work itself.
— Jules Berger · Nov 9, 2026
A calmer interface for dense information
Density is not the enemy. Noise is. The pages people finish leave room around the idea.
— Jules Berger · Nov 6, 2026
Type that knows when to stop
A headline can be large. It cannot be large and crowded.
— Jules Berger · Nov 5, 2026
What small models changed about writing tools
The useful assistant got cheaper, which means it can sit closer to the sentence.
— Jules Berger · Oct 31, 2026
What the deploy log is for
If only one person can explain the pipeline, the pipeline is already late.
— Jules Berger · Oct 30, 2026